PI. end. cr . 
5. CHARADEiE. 23. Chara. 29 
4. Chara hispida. Hispid stone wort. 
Stem hispid, branchy, below sulcate, unarmed, above 
prickly ; prickles reversed ; second branches verticillate, 
eight in a whorl, six jointed, spreading; bractece unequal, 
four ; nearly equal to the ovate nuts. 
Chara hispida, Lin.S. P. 1624. 
Ponds and ditches ; annual ; July, August. 
Stems very numerous, thick, long, hispid all over. 
0. tomentosa. Stem strong, hispid under the branches* 
C. major subcinerea, fragilis, Raii Syn . 132, 2. 
C. tomentosa, Lin. S. P. 
5. Chara crinita . Hairy stonewort . 
Stem rather branchy, streaked, very smooth, shining, 
bristly; bristles spreading, condensed in bundles; branches 
verticillate, about ten in a whorl, roundish, sixkneed, short; 
bractece five, twice as long as the oblong, lanceolate, subper- 
pendicular nuts. 
Hippuris muscosa sub aqua repens, Pink. Aim . 135, 
Chara crinita, Wallroth 191. 
Turf bogs in Ireland. 
