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MOSSES. 



HANDBOOK OF BRITISH MOSSES, containing all that 



are known to be Natives of the British Isles. By the Kev. M. J. Bekkeley, 

 M.A., P.L.S. Demy 8vo, pp. 360, 24. Coloured Plates, 21s. 

 A very complete Manual, comprising characters of all the species, with the 

 circumstances of habitation of each; with special chapters on development and 

 structure, propagation, fructification, geographical distribution, uses, and modus 

 of collecting and preserving, followed by an extensive series of coloured iUustrii- 

 tions, in which the essential portions of the plant are repeated, in every case on 

 a magnified scale. 



SEAWEEDS. 



BRITISH SEAWEEDS ; an Introduction to the Study of 



the Marine Alo^ of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. By 

 S. O. Gkat. Crown 8vo, 6s, ; with 1 6 Coloured Plates, drawn expressly 

 for the work by W. Fitch, 10s. 6d. 



One of L. Reeve and Co.'s ' New Series,' briefiy but accurately describing, 

 according to the classification of the best and most recent authorities, all the 

 AlgEC found on our coasts. ^ 



PHYCOLOGIA BRITANNICA; or, History of British 



Seaweeds, containing Coloured Figures, Generic and Specific Characters, 

 Synonyms and Bescriptioas of idl the Species of Algse inhabiting the 

 Shores of the British Islands. By Dr. W. H. Hartey, F.R.S. Royal 

 8vo, 4 vols., 765 pp., 360 Coloured Plates. [iVew Edition in the Press. 



This work, originally published in 1851, is still the standard work on the 

 subject of which it treats. Each Species, excepting the minute ones, has a 

 Plate to itself, with magnified portions of structure and fructification, the whole 

 being printed in their natural colours, finished by hand. 



PHYCOLOGIA AUSTRALICA; a History of Australian 



Seaweeds, comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of the more cha- 

 racteristic Marine Algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South 

 Australia and Western Australia, and a Synopsis of all known Aastrahau 

 AlgsB. By Dr. Harvey, F.R.S. Royal 8vo, 5 vols., 300 Coloured Plates, 

 £7. 13s. 

 This beantiful work, the resiJt of an arduous personal exploration of the 

 shores of the Australian continent, is got up in the style of the ' Phvcologia 

 Britannica ' by the same author. Each Species has a Plate to itself, with ample 

 magnified delineations of fructification and structure, embodying a variety of 

 most curious and remsyrkafek 'ormiB, 



