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Miscellanea. 
George Town, V. D. L., R . Gunn , Esq., n. 1264.— Stem 6-8 
inches long, thicker than hog's bristle, much branched from the 
base; branches alternate or irregular, spreading, once or twice 
divided; the penultimate branches long and simple, clothed, but 
not very densely, with articulated rameili. Ramelli 2-3 lines 
long, simple, setaceous, and very fragile if moistened after having 
been dried, springing from bulbous bodies borne quadrifariously 
on the stem, of a lanceolate figure and not unlike in form to the 
stichidia of the genus.—The ramelli spring from all parts of these 
bulbs, from top to bottom, and thus form little pencils. The 
stern, though externally striate, as in Dasya proper, is internally 
many tubed as in Polysiphonia, and divided into joints about 
equal in length and breadth. Colour full red. Fruit unknown. 
7. Dasya verticillata, Harv.; caule crasso longissimo; ramis 
alternis, pinnatis, gracilibus, basi attenuatis; pinnis ramellis 
articulatis elongatis simplicibus striatis verticillatis ; verti- 
cillis approximate; articulis diametro 5-8-plo longioribus; 
stichidiis.? 
George Town, V. D. L., R . Gunn, Esq., n. 1306.—A single 
imperfect specimen of this very distinct species has only been sent 
by Mr. Gunn. This is a fragment of an undivided stem 5 inches 
long, cylindrical, and about £ a line in diameter, bearing seven 
more or less perfect, alternate patent branches, each about 4 
inches long. These branches are much more slender than the 
main stem, and taper remarkably at their insertion; they are 
naked in their lower part, but above are distantly pinnate ; the 
pinnae are alternate, either simple or pinnulated, and regularly 
and closely whorled with very slender straight simple jointed Tu¬ 
muli, 8-10 times longer than the distances between the whorls, 
and having cylindrical joints 5-8 times longer than their diameter. 
Colour rosy red. Substance not very tender, the stem only im¬ 
perfectly adhering to paper. Externally the stem and branches 
appear inarticulate, but internally they are many tubed. 
8. Dasya ceramioides , Harv.; caule crasso, inarticulato, glaber- 
rimo, vag& decomposito-ramoso ; ramis pseudo-articulatis, ad 
articulos sursum incrassatos diametro 4-5-plo longiores pin¬ 
natis bipinnatisve; pinnulis ultimis (v. ramellis ) articulatis, 
