gate, pinnulate or bipinnulate, the pinnules sh o rt; capsules sessile. (T ab .
CCXXl.)
1 0 5 . f r u t i c u lo s a ; stems terete, diffuse, branched from the base; branches
divaricating, pinnato-dichotomous, w ith short m ultifid ramuli; axils ro u n d ed ;
capsules sessile. (T ab . CCXX.)
XL. POIiYS IPHONIA.
* Frimary tubes 4-5 ; frond distinctly jointed throughout.
106. u r c e o l a ta ; rigid, setaceous, full-red, loosely bundled; branches dichotomous,
with scattered patent or reflexed ramuli ; articulations 3-5 times
as long as broad ; dissepiments pellucid ; capsules pitcher-shaped, constricted
at the mouth. (T ab . CLXVII.)
107. formosa; flaccid, exceedingly slender, full red, densely tufted ; branches
dichotomous, with scattered, patent ramuli; articulations 5-10 times as
long as broad ; dissepiments pellucid ; capsules pitcher-shaped, constricted
at the mouth. (T ab . CLXVIII.)
(P. stricta, Harv. Man. p. 83, seems to be the young of this species ?)
108. p u lv in a ta ; densely tufted ; filaments creeping, throwing up erect, irregularly
dichotomous stems, whose branches bear a few short, recurved ramuli ;
articulations 3 -4 times as long as broad; capsules urn-shaped, stalked.
(T a b . CII. B.)
109. f ib r a t a ; setaceous below, attenuated and capillary above, flaccid, gelatinous,
alternately branched, with dichotomous, pencilled lesser branches,
whose tips are remarkably fibriUiferous; axils patent; articulations of
the branches 4 -6 times longer than broad ; capsules ovate, stalked.
(T ab . CCVIII.)
110. s p in u lo s a ; articulate throughout ; rigid, branched from the base, branches
divaricate, decompound ; ramuli short, spine-like, spreading ; articulations
as long as broad, three-striate. (T a b . CCCXX.)
111. R i c h a r d s o n i ; stem cartilaginous, setaceous; branches alternate, long,
divaricated, set above with very patent, straight, forked ramuli ; articulations
3-3 times longer than broad, veiny ; tubes 5 ; capsules sessile, broadly
ovate. (T ab. X.)
112. G r ifS tb s ia n a ; stem alternately branched, rigid ; branches subsimple, with
dichotomous or alternately multifid pencilled, slender ramuli ; articulations
once and half as long as broad, 3-4-striate ; siphons four primary, w'ith
four external, secondary; capsules sessile. (T ab . CCXXVIII.)
113. e lo n g e ll a ; setaccous, rigid below, fiaccid above, dichotomous, with very
patent axils ; upper branches decomposed into multifid, pencilled, rose-red
ramuli ; articulations about as long as broad, 2-3-striate, the tubes very
wide and dissepiments pellucid ; capsules ovate, stalked. (T a b . CXIVI.)
* * Frimary tubes 4 ; stem and branches subopahe, or inarticulate.
114. e l o n g a t a ; robust, cartilaginous, irregularly divided ; ramuli pencilled, capillary,
multifid, attenuated at base and apex ; articulations once and half
as long as broad, those of the stem and branches reticulated with veins ;
siphons four. (T ab . CCXCII. and CCXCIII.)
115. v io la c e a ; brown-red, purple, or sanguineous; stem inarticulate, veiny,
robust, alternately branched ; branches decompound, feathery, the ultimate
ramuli very slender, multifid, fibrüliferous ; articulations of the ramuli twm-
striate, 2 -4 times as long as broad ; capsules ovate. (Tab. CCIX.)
11
(P. GrevilUi, Harv. Man. ed. 2. p. 86, I now consider to be merely a
variety of this species, more sanguineous than usual.)
Carmicbaeliana; stem inarticulate, percurrent, flexuous, rigid; branches
lateral, divaricating ; ramuli scattered, very patent, spinoso-multifid, articulate
; articulations as long as broad, three-striate. (T ab . CCCXIX.)
117. fib r illo sa ; pale straw-colour or brown; stems inarticulate, marked with
sinuous veins, robust, much branched ; branches articulated near the apices
only, beset with slender, finely divided, articulated ramuli ; tips copiously
fibrillose; articulations rather longer than their breadth; siphons four.
(Tab. CCCn.)
' tubes 1; stem inarticulate.
118. B rodisei; stems inarticulate, robust; branches virgate, clothed with pencilled,
multifid, flaccid, articulated ramuli; articulations of the ramuli 3-4-
striate, longer than broad; siphons seven; capsules ovate, pedicellate.
(T ab . CXCV.)
6-7;
1 19. v a r i e g a ta ; brownish-purple, setaceous, rigid below, flaccid and capillary
above, dichotomous, the lower axils patent ; branches decompound ; lower
articulations very short, middle twice as long as broad, each marked with
three broad, oblong cells, separated by pellucid spaces ; siphons 6-7 ;
capsules ovate, stalked. (T ab . CLV.)
* * * * * Primary tubes 8-20 ; frond jointed throughout.
120. O b sc u ra ; densely matted, sh o rt; filaments creeping, throwing up erect,
simple, secund branches; articulations short. (T ab . C II. A )
1 2 1 . s im u l a n s ; slender, bushy, branched from the base; branches patent, de-
compoundly b u t irregularly pinnate ; ramuli subulate ; articulations once
and half as long as bro ad ; siphons about twelve; capsules ovate, sessile.
(T ab. CCLXXVIII.)
122. n ig r e s c e n s ; robust, rigid, and rough with broken branches below, much
branched and flaccid above; branches decompoundly p innate; ramuli
subulate ; lower articulations short, upper once and half as long as broad ;
siphons about twenty ; capsules sessile, ovate. (T ab . CCLXXYII.)
123. afanis ; filaments elongate, rigid below, flaccid above ; branches naked at
the base, multifid and decompound pinnate above ; ramuli very erect, subulate
; articulations multistriate, th e lower 2-3 times as^ long as broad,
upper gradually shorter; siphons about sixteen. (T ab . CCCIII.)
124. s u b u lif e r a ; setaceous, flexuous, irregularly much branched; branches
alternately decompound, spreading, the lesser divisions virgate ; ramuli
scattered," subulate, patent ; siphons about-thirteen. (T ab . CCXXVII.)
135. a t r o r u b e s c e n s . setaceous, dark brownish-red, rigid, alternately bracnhed;
branches long, very erect, once or twice compounded ; ramuli scattered,
tapering to base and apex, simple or divided; articulations of stem 2-3
times as long as broad, of branches shorter, many-striate, the striæ curved ;
siphons about twelve ; capsules broadly ovate. (T ab . CLXXII.)
126. f a r c e l l a t a ; filaments elongated, flexuous, dichotomous; axils broad,
rounded; ramuli multifid; articulations 3-5 times longer than broad.
(T.AB. Y II.)
1 2 7 . f a s t i g i a t a ; rigid, setaceous, dichotomous, fastigiate ; articulations shorter
than the ir breadth ; siphons 16-18. (T ab . CCXCIX.)
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