224 BRITISH SEA-WEEDS. [^RJioclosjoermecc. 



Mrs. Griffitlis; Malaliide, Mr. M'Calla. See 'Phycologia 

 Britaniiica/ Plate xx. 



I cannot refrain from quoting what is said by Mr. 

 Dawson Turner respecting Mr. Brodie, in honour of whom 

 this plant has its specific name. " The study of Xatural 

 History, independently of the advantages so nobly ascribed 

 by Cicero to polite literature in general, that it nourishes 

 our youth, delights our age, is an ornament in prosperity, 

 and a comfort in adversity, may justly boast of a still supe- 

 rior object, in leading, and, indeed, forcing man to the 

 admiration of the wisdom and the goodness of his Divine 

 Creator in the contemplation of the works of his Almighty 

 hand. In addition to this, it mixes itself also ^ith the 

 daily occurrences of social life, and gratifies the best feelings 

 of our nature, by uniting in the bonds of friendship those 

 whose pursuits were already the same ; while, by permitting 

 the names of its votaries to be affixed to plants, it records 

 their zeal in its service, and touches one of the most power- 

 ful springs of human action. Among those who eminently 

 deserve to be thus mentioned, stands forward the name of 

 James Brodie, Esq., of Brodie, in Scotland, a man at once 

 zealous in the pursuit, and liberal in the patronage, of 

 universal science, and especially of the botany of Britain.''' 



