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Bean, on stones and shells in deep water, rare; Hartlepool, 
Mr. Hogg; Cullercoates, Mr. J. Alder ; Whitburn, Miss 
Dale; Youghall, Miss Ball; Dublin Bay, very rare, Mr. 
Hassall; Cornwall, Mr. Couch, not rare; Lady Keith 
Murray, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, the first time gathered 
in Scotland. 
Between four and five inches in height, woody, dusky- 
brown, varnished; pinne alternate, and each divided into 
branches; cells smooth; a small cell in the axils of the 
pinne ; vesicles scattered, pear-shaped, on the upper edges 
of the pinne. 
I have two fine specimens of this rare coralline: one I 
owe to the kindness of Mr. Bean; the other I had the 
honour of receiving from Lady Keith Murray, whose scien- 
tific eye discovered two or three specimens of it on the 
north-east coast of Scotland. | 
“As for your pretty little seed-cups or vases’ (writes 
- Hogarth to Ellis), “ they are a sweet confirmation of the plea- 
sure Nature seems to take in superadding an elegance of 
form to most of her works, wherever you find them. How 
poor and bungling are all the imitations of Art! When I 
have the pleasure of seeing you next, we will sit down— 
nay, kneel down if you will—and admire these things !”” 
