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call it Toll-tare, implying that it is fit food for the Fiend. 

 But He who made all things very good, made it for good 

 purposes. It is not despised by the farmer, who finds that 

 it yields nourishment to his crops. It is a great favourite 

 with some of the beautiful "minims of nature/' and the 

 young naturalist will find that he is amply repaid for the 

 careful examination of its fronds. Beautiful mollusks may 

 be found gliding along them, and they are the fixed habita- 

 tion of many zoophytes : Flustra me^nhranacea covering it to 

 a great extent with its fine silvery lace-like web ; and less 

 spreading zoophytes, such as Lepralia hyalina and Lepralia 

 annulata, richly dotting it. The latter is considered rare, 

 but it is often found abundantly here on L, saccharinaj and 

 I have scarcely ever seen it on any other Alga. 



"Huge Ocean shows, withia his yellow strand, 

 A habitation marvellously planned. 

 For life to occupy." 



4. Laminauia Phyllitis, Lamour. (Plate XIX. fig. 76.) 

 Harf s-tongue Laminaria. 



It has been questioned by liigh^ authorities whether 

 this be more than a variety of L. mccharina. It is more 

 graceful in appearance than the young of L. saccharina 

 generally is. It is probable, however, that it is only a 

 handsome little sister of the same family. 



