THE MINNESOTA SEASIDE STATION. 



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shows siu-h a plant of Desmarestia ligulata herbaeea, while Figure 17 is 

 from a photograpli made in a tank with glass bottom and shows a plant 

 of Rhodomela fioccosa. 



Tlu' portraits of algae given will suffice to indicate the wealth of 

 material awaiting study and research at the Minnesota Seaside Station. 

 The interior country with its forest and mountains is scarcely less inter- 

 esting than the shore. The liotanist from the East is particularly im- 

 pressed with the magnificent size of the trees, the luxuriance of the 

 Tjomaria formation of the forest-floor and the wealth of epiphytic and 

 parasitic vegetation. The houghs of the trees are festooned with mosses 



Fi(i. 19. Moss-covered Hexenbesen of the Dwarf Mistletoe on Hemlock Trees near 



Poet Renfrew. 



and hepatics and their bark covered with lichens, ferns and small flower- 

 ing plants. Figure 19 shows a typical colony of Polypodium scouleri 

 upon coniferous bark and illustrates the prevalent epiphytism of ferns 

 and mosses throughout the district. Figure 20 gives a view of mistletoe 

 hexenbesen covered with moss and due to the action of the dwarf mistle- 

 toe, Eazoumofskya pusilla. Numerous other parasitic plants are to be 



