102. -CHAEACEiE. 445 



3. L. alpinum (L.) I., m fou¥ rliwaAvcAinGsXe acute keeled 

 entire, spikes senile , solitary terminal, scales ovate-lanceolate 

 flat, toanches erect clustered forked level-topped. — -E B. 234. 

 N. 365.— St. prostrate, long. Fertile branclieS usually twice di- 

 chotomous, each division ending in a short cylindjitial yellowisli- 

 green spike rather thickerthan the branch. — ElevatedlnountainS. 

 P.yill. ^avinr-leavedGlmbr'nfXjsSf.^,] ; ., E.S.I. 



4. Li fSeUffo (L.) ; L in fiiyht rows crowded .vmidoTm linear- 

 lanceolate acuminate, ,caps. u.at. spiked but in the axils of the 

 common leaves, St. erec;tforkedlevel-topped.—-B. 5.233. iV. 375. 

 — St. short, 'erect 'or' slightly ''decumbent, densely leafy. -No 

 sepa'rate spikes;. At the extremity of thp Stems a fe-w. curious 

 viViparoiifi buds may usually he found ; they are vcell illustrated 

 by- Mr. N^e-trtnai (p. 878). Opeasiona,lly the'stems in sheltered 

 situations become much lengthened. — ^He'aths, chiefly On moun- 

 tains. P. VI.— VIIl. Fir axih-mom. ' ' E. S. I. 



5. Xj inunddtum (L.) ; 1. scattered linear atiute turned upwards, 

 spikes t^minal sessile leafy solitaiy upon short erect branches. 

 —E. JB. 2S9. 'It 369.— St. shirt, prostrate, rooting. Branches 

 fbw, &nple, short, erect, fertile. — Boggy heaths; P.' VIII. IX. 



' E. S. I. 



L. complmmtum (L.) is stated, to occur neaj Bramshot,^Hants. 

 I have,.not seen it, and cloubt its, being correctly named. 



** Ca2}s. of 2 .^inds. Sblaginella Koch, 



: 6. X. selacfinoides- (L.) ; k scattered lanceolate ciliate, spikes 

 terminal solitary sessile leafy upon short erect branches. ^-X^. JB. 

 1148. ,:^ 871. S- spinulpsSr^qc^jTrrrSt. prosti-ate, much bra,i>chfid, 

 rooting, slender. Flow^^ring branches simple,,, short, erect. Iii 

 addi|tipn to , the 2-valved o,apsiil^s,.this plant produces others 

 whieh|C0(itai(a,2 — 4 k)j;ge gf^,ns.— ^Boggy spots chiefly in i!io,un- 

 tainous.places. 7 P. VIIL ".,;,, ,/•,,, E.S.I. 



"'- ;; Vv ;OrderCII.'CHAEACEJE.;i,i.vJv.il« . ': 



,: .'■',.'.■!. -!' < ., ..J I'.llj liiljl," .-, ij"jil ,'.':ir!., ". i ■ 



Leafless branched plants with stems formed of one or more 

 parallel tubes. ' T-wd kinds of fructification ; roundired>g)lobules 

 (anthers P) formed of 8 valves, enolosin* cells eontaininggranukif 

 matter and spiral filaments ; oval nucules formed of 1 ceU with 

 5 filaments' folded sjbirally round it and containing minute gra- 

 nides Which appear at last to unite into a single seed.' — Plants 

 green, aquatic— '^The position of this Order 'isveiry doubtful, and 

 opinions are various concerning its structure. ' It is' placed here 

 simply fi;om convenience. ,. , 



.. ,li.,CtiAEAi The only genus. ..-iO 



