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the more highly organized forms, such 

 as Lessonia, Postelsia, Macrocystis and 

 Egregia, are everywhere displayed in 

 their special habitats. Few groups of 

 plants are more admirable as objects 

 of study than the kelps, for not only 

 are they interesting in themselves, but 

 they illustrate with extraordinary clear- 

 ness and simplicity many of the 

 important laws of structure, function, 

 adaptation and geographical distribu- 

 tion. Situated as it is, the Minnesota 

 Seaside Station should become a cen- 

 ter for the investigation of these re- 

 markable organisms of the sea. 



