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But I am happy that I have something new to record 

 respecting this miniature moniliferous coralline. It is not 

 in its right place, but must be raised a step higher. You 

 will observe that it is one of the characteristics of the family 

 of Eucratiadcii, in which it is now ranked, that " they have 

 no external ovarian capsules." But it has lately been dis- 

 covered by Mrs. Gatty, of Ecclesfield Vicarage, that H, 

 divaricata has external ovarian cajjsules. Her eyes are 

 brighter, and, as we would say in Scotland, glegger"^ than 

 those of our masculine naturalists, and much hotJier she had, 

 as our Irish friends would say, to cause them to see the 

 capsules after she had seen them herself. But now Dr. 

 Johnston has seen them, and Dr. Greville has seen them, 

 and Mr. Busk has seen them, and I have seen the fine 

 globular capsules at the end of the cells, which are very 

 obvious after they have once been detected. 



3. HipPOTiiOA siCA, B. Q. Couch. 



Hab. On stones from deep water, common. Polperro, 

 Goram, K. Q. C. 



* When a person is very clever and very acute, we say that he is very 

 gleg; so that gleg-eyed is sharp-sighted, clear-sighted, quick-sighted, — 

 h-nx-eyed. Since I \vrote the above Mr. Peach has mentioned to me 

 that the capsules of //. divaricata have been known to him for some time. 

 — Z). Z. 



