_Statoblasts._ Both free and stationary statoblasts are formed, but the latter are rare and do not always adhere. They resemble the free statoblasts in general form but have a solid margin instead of a swim-ring and are often minutely serrated round the edge. The free statoblasts are at least considerably, sometimes very elongate; in all zoaria it is possible to find specimens that are more than twice as long as broad. The capsule is relatively large and resembles the swim-ring in outline, so that the free portion of the latter is not much narrower at the sides than at the ends. The sides are distinctly convex and the ends rounded; the swim-ring encroaches little on the surface of the capsule. _Polypide._ The tentacles number between 40 and 50 and are not festooned at the base. The stomach is slender and elongate. TYPE not in existence. SYSTEMATIC REMARKS.--_P. fruticosa_ is closely allied to _P. repens_ (European and N. American) but always has much longer statoblasts. Three phases of the species may be distinguished as follows:-- A. (_Forma typica_). Zooecia stout in form, not greatly elongate; free branches produced in profusion. B. (_P. stricta_, Allman, _P. repens_, van Beneden). Zooecia slender; free branches absent or consisting of two or three zooecia only. C. (_P. coralloides_, Allman). Vertical zooecia pressed together and greatly elongated. Indian specimens of the typical form agree well with German specimens labelled by Prof. Kraepelin _P. princeps_ var. _fruticosa_, and specimens of the _coralloides_ phase could hardly be distinguished from similar specimens from Scotland. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.--_P. fruticosa_ is widely distributed in Europe and probably in N. America. I have seen Indian specimens from the Punjab (Lahore, _Stephenson_), from Bombay, from Travancore, from Calcutta and other places in the Ganges delta, from Rajshahi (Rampur Bhoolia) on the R. Ganges, from Kurseong in the E. Himalayas (alt. 4,500 feet), and from Kawkareik in Tenasserim. Statoblasts found on the surface of a pond near Simla in the W. Himalayas (alt. _ca._ 8,000 feet), probably belong to this species.