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or trifid, nucules and globules together in the forks of the 
branchlets without bracts —E. B. 1070, Aél. Fl. Par. 40 C.— 
Rather slender, green pellucid. Primary branches seldom more 
than once divided. Sometimes the axillary branchlets are much 
more divided and clustered (C. nidifica of collectors). Nucules 
with 6 strie.—Ditches. A.V. E.S. 
2. C. syncarpa (Thuil.); dicecious, st. slender equal flexible 
transparent, branchlets bluntish apiculate nearly equally forked 
or trifid, nucules or globules at the forks of the branchlets with- 
out bracts.—Atl. Fl. Par. 39 (not good).—Slender, diaphanous 
resembling C. flewilis. Nucules with 5 striz and scarcely any 
crown.—Stagnant Water. Sussex; Cambridgeshire ; Caernarvon- 
shire. Galway. A. V. E. I. 
** Branchlets usually repeatedly divided, terminal segments of 
2 joints, last joint usually like a mucro. Branchlets 6—8 in 
a whorl, similar. 
3. C. translucens (Pers.); moncecious, st. thick equal flexible 
transparent, sterile branchlets simple not articulated, upper ones 
ending in 2 or 3 short points, fertile whorls of small trifurcate 
branchlets very small and closely placed, nucules small oblong 
usually in threes just below the 3 bracts surrounding the terminal 
globule.—E. B. 1855. Ati. Fl. Par. 40 B.—Strong. Fertile 
whorls appearing capitate. Globules solitary. Nucules with 7 
striz.—Deep stagnant pools. A. VII. E. 8. 
4. C. mucronata (A. Br.) ; moncecious, st. slender equal flexible 
transparent, branchlets strongly mucronate nearly equally forked 
or trifid, nucules and globules together at the forks of the 
branchlets without bracts.—Aél. Fl. Par. 40 D.—Rather thick. 
Secondary branchlets once or twice forked, terminal subdivisions 
rather shorter than the others. ‘ Nucules with 4 or 5 strie.”— 
Marsh ditch, W. Grinstead, Suss. Mr. Borrer. A. VII. E. 
5. C. gracilis (Sm.); moneecious, st. slender equal flexible 
transparent, branchlets in lax whorls repeadly divided into 3 or 4 
segments, terminal segments mucronate shorter than the others, 
globules and nucules each solitary but together at the subdivisions 
of the branchlets without bracts.—#. B. 2140. R.I. 793. Ail. 
Fi. Par. 41 E.—Small, slender, branching in a lax open manner. 
Nucules subglobose, with 4 or 5 striz, large in proportion to the 
plant.—St. Leonard’s Forest, Suss. Mr. Borrer. A. IX. E, 
6. C. tenuissima (Desv.); moneecious, st. slender equal flexible 
transparent, branchlets short in dense compact subglobose whorls 
repeatedly divided into 3—7 segments, terminal segments mu- 
cronate longer than the others, globules and nucules each solitary 
but together at the subdivisions of the branchlets without bracts. 
