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Claclopliora flexuosa. 



Cladopliora gracilis ! 



Cladophora refracta ! f. 



Cladophora albida ! 



Cladophora lanosa ! f. Kocks below Crescent. 



Cladopliora glaucescens. 



Cladopliora flavescens f. Saltwater ditches at Lancing. 



Cliadophora fracta f. Saltwater ditches at Lancing. 



Hormotrichum CutleriiE ! With Lynghya ferruginea. 



Conferva littorea. Saltwater ditches at Lancing. 



Conferva Linum. Saltwater ditches at Lancing. 



Kivnlaria atra. 



Calotlu'ix conferricola ! 



Calotlirix pannosa ? 



Lyngbya ferruginea. Saltwater marshes, Lancing. 



Oscillatoria littoralis. 



Oscillatoria nigro-viridis. With Lynghga femiginea. 



Spirulina tenuissima. Developed in saltwater tank. 



Sphserozyga Carniichaeli. With decaying Algse, in pools near the shore. 



BOTANICAL LETTERS EEOM AEGYLESHIRE. 



A Seat on the Shore at West Port. By James Lothian. 



Sir, — Sweet as a ramble is through the woodland glade, — light, 

 joyous, and free as one feels roaming over mountain and valley in 

 quest of nature's charms and treasures, — there are scenes and 

 objects that delight the eye and make the heart glad as Avell, 

 •whether we look at them during the cool breezes of spring, or 

 "when fanned by the more balmy winds of summer and autumn ; 

 whether the great deep lies stretched before us calm and placid 

 as the bosom of the mountain lake, or when, agitated by the 

 wintry blast, raises the great crested waves forming mountain and 

 valley before us, and making a noise like distant thunder upon 

 the rocky shore. Then there is something awful and sublime — 

 something that delights the student of nature or disposes him for 

 either delights or reverential thoughts. I never take the fields, 

 whether on a botanical excursion or otherwise, without my com- 

 panion — a small pocket portfolio, which serves the twofold pur- 

 pose of a note- and sketch-book. On my return, I very generally 

 put it aside in a drawer, where it lies until something or other 

 brings it in course again. Just now, in rummaging a drawer 

 lately, I met my silent companion, and on carelessly opening it 

 my eye alighted on some notes, which, for lack of leisure for 



