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guard against this, the ordinary mode of attachment 

 to the rock would be insufficient; and, instead of 

 the primary root, the base of the stem is swollen out 

 into a large hollow bulb, the extended surface of 

 which putting forth powerful rootlets from every 



The Sea-Furbelows (Laminaria bulbosa). 



part enables the plant to defy the violence of the 

 winter storm. It is a fact worthy of our notice and 

 admiration, that nothing of the kind takes place 

 while the plant is young and small; it is only when 

 it acquires size and weight, or, in other words, it is 

 only when additional support becomes needful, that 

 this extraordinary but most effective contrivance is 

 resorted to. The English name of the species is 



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