PREFACE. 



The Publisher of the ' Phycologia Britannica,' considering 



that a re-issue of that work in a cheaper and more com- 

 pendious form would be acceptable to many eollectors of 

 British Seaweeds, has prepared in this Volume an abstract 

 of the Letter-press, accompanied by an Atlas of Figures 

 copied on a reduced scale from the original Plates ; and 

 has requested me to state in this place that he lias my 

 sanction for doing so. To this I have readily consented, 



0~) and have also looked over the sheets as they pass 

 through the press, and suggested some verbal alterations. 

 The Plates, as far as they have been finished, give fair 



-^. representations of the portions of the original figures co- 

 [ pied, and shall continue to receive my attention as the 



v* publication progn 



f - "^ J have not interfered with tin 4 classification and com- 



-> pression of the matter, chiefly because my views of ar- 



gQ rangement have undergone some change, and 1 feel 1 could 



not do justice to any new edition of the work without re- 

 ting several of the generic characters and making other 

 alterations. Since the completion of the ' Phycol 



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