pagation of marine Plaats t47 
ting two different males,,on, the;fame plant, operating in.a manner 
not only diftinét from, but directly oppofite to, each other: for.one 
of them (as we have juft feen) is defcribed as internally fituated and 
concealed i in the air-bladders, While the other is external and ex- 
pofed to view in thofe {mall open veffels upon: the furfáce of the 
plant*. But fuch an deste poii cud riot dpi to have proof or 
ryirtsdbeto pr drin. qd pH d Diro  antiody 
us « My friend Mr. Stackhoufe had adopted the acne Coton in this’ very ingenious ur 
tigatioh of thefe plants, and. mentioned * the monoecious character a$ clearly difcernible 
in fome” of the Fuci; as alfo the t o ld ftate of: the male flowers, one of which is tepre- 
fented as externally fituated, and expofed to view in the urceolate veffels ; the other, con 
cealed i in the air-bladders—** in inferiore veficularum grandiorum-" In a fubfequent fafcio 
culus, he informs us, wit e true ipi of candour which directs his refearches and en- 
on, t miens once 
iya remains a nog of difference between our refpe&ive opinio à as far ‘as sina. to 
the propagation. of this curious tribe of plants. L muft obferve,. however, that as I could 
: to thofe ca tary vel eles the j nigi = naain which 
damni odes MEER qa Perito qma 
folved into a mucous fluid. But the fâi is, they fill remain in the fame unaltered Nate, | 
and may be difcovered i in the aquatic microfcope in a ipee ne during their immerfion. 
Their extreme tenuity and minutenefs may caufe them to 
t render them ult to e pencilled clufters are reprefented. i 
e and f à cicu P the un je in CEA ‘urceolate vellels. If they v er | 
aae a É A zi T 2 de raid mot be, excluded 4 from. the int al n i ki 
in, which, they, are confined, BN they were. part. of the fl 
its ¢ À f when, the z 
their firit and moft tender. fate (ask have bs iy ip orn 
they produce the leaft appearance of i mucus. This. | Pr is "hot con ^ crant 
Tay E bounds in a ftate of maturity. In fummer time it — jetimes be -feen 
Us 2 : s before 
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appearance of thofe fine hairs when immerfed in water; P as 7i, Rem ee ue. became, re- 
llápfe, and adhere to'the/far- - 
face of the plant ; and their tone. of paging an affimilate itfelf to that of water, | 
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