G. MELITEA. 
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stomosed together; cells surrounded by a projecting 
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Indian Ocean. 
NET-FORMED. 
3. Melitea retifera. Branching, and almost di- 
chotomous ; branches flexuous, and frequently anasto- 
mosed ; articulations either remote or deficient in the 
twigs, very apparent in the branches, and approximate 
in the stems ; height from two to six decimetres. 
This species is remarkable for the number of its 
varieties. 
Var. B. Red; very large. 
Var. C. Purple ; articulations knotty, and appearing 
as if truncated. 
Var. D. Spotted ; rind yellow, and polypi red. 
Australasia and India. 
WEB-FORMED. 
4. Melitea textiformis. Stem short, knotty, di- 
viding immediately into very slender twigs, filiform, 
warty, anastomosed, and producing a fan-shaped net- 
work, simple orlobed, with lengthened meshes; colour 
varying from white or yellow to orange and red ; 
height from two to three decimetres. — Plate 19. fig. 1. 
Australasia. 
