lets, as in Chara vulgaris, are not covered with any smaller
tubes, and the fourth has frequently no bracteas,
This species is alluded to under Chara Hedwigii, t. 2762.
It is distinguished from Chara Hedwigii, principally by its
more flexible stems and more oblong nucules. When dry
it is scarcely at all brittle, whereas Chara Hedwigii is extremely
so, whence it is called Chara Jragilis by some authors.
I t appears, according to Wallroth, to be sometimes
quite destitute of the coating of smaller tubes.
Wallroth in his Flora Cryptogamica Germanics has united
both, together with Chara delicatula of Desvaux, Chara
aspera of Willdenow, and Chara capillacea of some authors,
under the name of Chara pulchella.
Our specimens were communicated from Sussex, by Mr.
Borrer, in June 1835.—M. J . B.
