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Bean, on stones and shells in deep water, rare ; Hartlepool, 

 Mr. Hogg; Cullercoates, Mr. J. Alder; Wliitburn, Miss 

 Dale; Yougliall, Miss Ball; Dublin Bay, very rare, Mr. 

 Hassall; Cornwall, Mr. Couch, not rare; Lady Keith 

 Murray, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, the first time gathered 

 in Scotland. 



Between four and five inches in height, woody, dusky- 

 brown, varnished; pninse alternate, and each divided into 

 branches ; cells smooth ; a small cell in the axils of the 

 pinnae ; vesicles scattered, pear-shaped, on the upper edges 

 of the pinnse. 



I have two fine specimens of this rare coralline : one I 

 owe to the kindness of Mr. Bean; the other I had the 

 honour of receiving from Lady Keith Mm-ray, whose scien- 

 tific eye discovered two or three specimens of it on the 

 north-east coast of Scotland. 



"As for your pretty little seed-cups or vases'^ (writes 

 Hogarth to Elhs), " they are a sweet confirmation of the plea- 

 sure Nature seems to take in superadding an elegance of 

 form to most of her works, wherever you find them. How 

 poor and bungling are all the imitations of Art ! When 1 

 have the pleasure of seeing you next, we will sit down — 

 nay, kneel down if you will — and admire these tlnngs !" 



