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NEREIS AUSTRALIS ; or, Illustrations of the Alga? of the 



Southern Ocean, being Figures, Descriptions, and Remarks 



upon new or imperfectly known Sea-Weeds, collected on the 



snores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian 



Colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic Regions, 



and deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. 



By WILLIAM HENRY HARVEY, M.D., M.R.I. A., Keeper of the 



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of form and colour." London Journal of Botany. 



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POPULAR HISTORY OF BRITISH SEA-WEEDS ; comprising 

 a familiar and technical description of the MARINE PLANTS 

 inhabiting the shores of the British Isles. By the Rev. DAVID 

 LANDSBOROUGH, A.L.S., Member of the Werneriaii Society of 

 Edinburgh. 



" The book is as well executed as it is well timed. The descriptions are scientific 

 as well as popular, and the plates are clear and explicit. Not only the forms, 

 but the uses of Algse, are minutely described. It is a worthy SEA-SIDE COM- 

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THE BRITISH DESMIDIE.E; or, Fresh-Water Algse. By 

 JOHN RALFS, M.R.C.S., Honorary Member of the Penzance 

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