approaches, is the E. crinitus of Carmichael, a little-known plant, 

 having a very similar mode of branching and general habit ; but 

 differing in its greener colour, larger size, and more especially in 

 the form of its fruit, and in the locality in which it is found. 



Uctocarpus pusillusl has not, that I am aware, been noticed 

 anywhere save on the south coast of England, but it is one of 

 those unobtrusive plants, if I may so call them, which, unless 

 closely looked for, are easily over-looked; and as it has few 

 beauties to recommend it to the mere gatherer of " pretty things," 

 it may often be neglected as not worth notice, or as being some 

 other plant in an imperfect state. It is no" easy matter, at all 

 times, to recognize the different JEJctocarpi by the naked eye, and 

 this accounts for so many species of this genus being passed over 

 by persons who are unaccustomed to the microscope. 



Fig. 1. Ectocaupus pusillus ; growing on Corallina officinalis : — of the 

 natural size. 2. Portion of a filament, in fruit : — magnified. 2. Portion of 

 the same : — more highly magnified. 





