EXPLOEATOET NOTICES POE JULY. 



In this month many Botanical Explorators are 

 located upon the margin of the stormy ocean, and 

 many a fair foot paces to and fro upon the sandy or 

 pebbly beach, inhaling with delight the invigorating 

 breezes, or viewing the expanse of ocean with a 

 thoughtful and melancholy gaze. To such, a slight 

 notice of* the SEA- WEED TEIBE, so easily preserved, 

 and so beautiful when perfectly expanded, may not be 

 unacceptable. 



The organic structures generally called Sea-Weeds, 

 are all of a cellular nature, belonging to the Algae, in 

 the Cryptogamic division of the .Vegetable kingdom. 

 The Algce, or Flags, include all those aqueous produc- 

 tions, whether of fresh or sea-water, which have their 

 fructifying sporules included within their frothy, 

 slimy, or leathery fronds, or articulated filaments, 

 from the flaccid rootless green scum that floats upon 

 the surface or seems veining stagnant waters, to the 

 enormous sea-tangle or fucus, with its woody stem, 

 broad flapping frond, and roots whose curling fibres 

 often enveloping fragments of shell and minute peb- 

 bles, float majestically along upon the bosom of the 

 flowing;; tide. After a storm numbers of sea-weeds of 



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the most brilliant colours and delicate texture often 

 strew the stones of the shore, or may be found in 

 neglected coves where they have been forced by the 

 violence of the waves. To collect and preserve these 



