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to a branchy taken in connection witli the cellular frond 

 and brilliant colour, afford marks that cannot be mistaken/' 

 It is interesting to trace the history of beautiful plants, and 

 it shows the rapid progress that the study of Algology is 

 making, when we see that many AAdiich our most celebrated 

 Algologists forty years ago spoke of as rare have been found 

 to be not uncommon on many of our shores. This very plant, 

 as the list of names shows, has been got in many parts of 

 England, Scotland, and Ireland. At Southend and at 

 Macrihauish Bay, in Argyleshire, it was so frequent last 

 August, that D. L., jun., almost filled his vasculum in the 

 course of an hour v/ith beautiful specimens. .During the 

 summer and autumn of 1850 it was got in great abundance 

 off Arran and Cumbraes, and on the coast of Ayrshire. 



Mr. D. Turner says, ^' Tor the original discovery of this 

 interesting Fucus, we are indebted to Mr. AYigg. It ap- 

 pears to be a species of remarkably unfrequent occurrence, 

 since it is not known to exist beyond the limits of the British 

 Isles, "^ and in the few places where it has been gathered has 

 been far from plentiful. Seen floating in the water, nothing 

 can be more elegantly feathery and delicate than its general 



* It has since been found on several of the European shores, but not out 

 of Europe. 



