28 23. Chara. 5. CHARADES. 
PI. end . cr. 
1 . Chara flexilis. Flexible si one wort. 
Stem utriculate, transparent, flaccid, very smooth, very 
branched ; branches opposite, spreading ; second branches 
verticillate, 6 or 8 in a whorl, leafless, 2 or 3 forked at the 
tip, simple, blunt; nuts without bracteae, lateral. 
Ch. tr inslucens minor flexilis, Raii Syn. 133, 5. 
Ch. flexilis, Lin. S. P. 1624. 
In ponds and ditches ; annual ; July and August. 
Green, smooth, not streaked. 
0. prolifera. Apex fasciculate, proliferous. 
C. nidifica, FI. Dan. 761 ; Smith Comp. F. A. 2. 
C. intricata, Roth Cat. 2, 125. 
C. syncarpa, Thuil. FI. Par. 472. 
y. gracilis. Branches twoforked, sharp-pointed ; leaves 
awlshape. 
C. Iranslncens major flexilis, Vaill. M. R . Ac. 1719. 
C. gracilis, Smith Comp. F. A. 3, 6. 
2. Chara stellata. Starred stonewort. 
Stem slender, reticulate, transparent, flaccid, branchy; 
branches opposite; second branches in whorls, double or 
triple forked, conglomerated together ; nuts rounded, sitting 
in the diverging forks. 
C. glomerata, vel C. tenuissima, Des Vaux Journ Rot. 2, 313. 
Chara slellata, Wallroth Ch. 178. 
Stem in tufts, an inch long, dark green ; branches very 
short. 
3. Chara vulgaris. Common stonewort. 
Stem branchy, round, rather rough, with eight streaks; 
second branches eight streaked; summit leafless, not jointed, 
blunt; bractece four, unequal, two very long, twice the 
length of the nuts, the two lower ones the length of the 
nuts. 
Chara vulgaris foetida, Vaill. M. R.A. 1719 ; Ran Syn. 132, 1. 
Equisetum fcetidum sub aqua repeals, Ger. em. 1115; Park. 1201. 
Chara montana, Pen. Syn. 530. 
Chara vulgaris, Lin. S. P. 1624. 
Muddy ponds and ditches; annual; July. 
Plant submerged, foetid, brittle, usually covered with a 
white chalky crust ; stem a foot high, twisted. 
0. elongata. Second branches very long, not jointed ; 
bractece two. 
Chara vulgaris elongata, Wallroth. 
C. translucens major flexilis, Vaill.? 
