Gloiocladia.'] naccaria. ' 213 



'Twas death, — and yet, tlian life more lovely ! 



The eye, turned heavenward, beamed with more than hope , 



Yea, told of rapture; gleamed, — and closed in death. 



On that calm brow, as Parian marble pale. 



Rests truer dignity than ever clothed 



The brow of potent king : peace, too, is there, 



The perfect peace of God, for war is o'er, 



Gained is the palm : the victor w^ears the crown ! — D.L. 



This rare and beautiful plant has lately been sent to us 

 by Lady Keith Murray^ who found it at Stonehaven on the 

 east coast of Scotland. 



Genus XLYIII. NACCARIA, Budlicher. 



Gen. Char. Frond cylindrical or flat, filiform, sohd', rose-red ; 

 central cellules large, empty, those of the surface minute. Earauli 

 composed of jointed, dichotomous,verticillate filaments. Fruc- 

 tification, groups of spores (favellidia) contained in swollen 

 ramuli. — The name is in honour of F. L. Naccari, an Italian 

 botanist, and author of ' Algologia Adriatica,' and other works. 

 — Harvey. 



1. Naccaria Wigghii, Fries. 



Hab. On marine rocks at and beyond the limit of the 

 tide. Annual. Summer. Yery rare. It was discovered 

 by Mr. Lilly Wigg (whence the specific name) on the 

 Norfolk shore about the year 1790, and first described by 



