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ſtehenden Fiedern, fein und zart. Die Farbe iſt 
dunkelroth; die Subſtanz feſt. Wächſt an felſigen 
Ufern der Nord- und Oſtſee allenthalben. (Taf. VII. 
Fig. 2.) \ 
„Soft as the cygnet's downy plume, 
Or produce of silkworm's loom; 
Survey them by unaided eye, 
And if the seeds within you lie 
Of love for natural beauty true, 
They ’ll enliven’d at the view | 
Of hair or feather-mantled stem, 
The waving stalk, the fringed gem, 
Enveloping its chaliced fruit, 
So fair, so perfect, so minute 
That bursting forth, the seeds may seem 
A floating cloud of vapoury steam. 
These by the microscopic glass 
Survey d you ' see how far surpass 
The works of nature, in designe 
And texture delicately fine, 
And perfeciness of every part, 
Each effort of mimetic art.“ 
