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the Rev. M. J . Berkeley. The French naturalist had rather 

 the priority. The credit of having first pointed out the 

 podded moniliforin fructification is due to our distinguished 

 countryman, the Eev. M. J. Berkeley. 



Dr. Greville mentions that Mr. Hassall, the discoverer of 

 it in Scotland, observed that fresh specimeus, when spread 

 upon paper, rendered it transparent, as if it had been touched 

 with oil ; hence the generic name Maioneina, which signifies 

 oili/ thread. Desmarestia ligidaia, and some other Algse, 

 have the same property. Like the Desmarestics, it changes 

 its colour when exposed to the air, and hastens on the de- 

 composition of other delicate Algse that are put along with 

 it in the same basin. In drying, it adheres well to paper. 

 It is found in the Atlantic, Baltic, and Mediterranean Seas. 



Family lY. DICTYOTE^. 



" Remote from busy life's bewildered way. 

 O'er all his heart shall taste and beauty sway ; 

 Free on the sunny slope or winding shore, 

 With hermit steps to wander, and adore ! " 



Pleasures of Hope. 



Genus XIII. CUTLERIA, Grev, 

 Generic Character. Root, a mass of woolly filaments. Frond 



