HALF AN HOUR WITH SEAWEEDS. 



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matter is shot out. A common, but not obscure 

 seaweed, is the " Dulse," Eliodymenia palmata (Fig. 

 13), so called from its palmate form. This is an 



Fig. 13. 



Rhodymenia palmata. 



edible weed, and capable of being cooked. The 

 fronds of the Porphyra laciniata much resemble the 

 common green laver, except that they are of a 



