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" On the southern and western coasts of Ireland, our own.Chondrus cris- 

 pus is converted into size, for the use of house-painters, &c. ; and, if I be 

 not erroneously informed, is also considered as a culinary article, and enters 

 into the composition of blanc-mange, as well as other dishes. In the 

 manufacture of kelp, however, for the use of the glass-maker and soap-boiler, 

 it is that the Algse take their place among the most useful vegetables. The 

 species most valued for .this purpose are, Fucus vesiculOsus, nodosus, and 

 serratus, Laminaria digitata and bulbosa, Himanthalia lorea, and Chorda 

 Filum." 



ExAAiPLEs. Protococcus, Chroolepus, Mesogloia, Batrachosperraum, 

 Conferva, Ulva, Fucus, Sargassum. 



