our plant, bnt usually their peculiar ramification sufficiently marks
these species.
P. Griffithsiana was discovered by Mrs. Griffiths in 1837, and
has not since been found at Torquay. But I have had the
satisfaction of receiving a specimen from Miss White from the
Isle of Portland, agreeing in aU essential characters with the
Torquay plant. I have not compared either with continental
specimens, and possibly this plant may be found under some
other name in the works of continental botanists. As far as we
yet know, however, it is confined to the south shores of England.
Fig. 1. P o l y s iph o n ia G r if f it h s ia n a ;— o f the natural size. 2. One of the
secondary branches and portion of a primai-y branch. 3. Ceramidium
attached to a ramulus. 4. Joints from the stem. 6. Transverse section of
the stem ;— all more or less i
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