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L. REEVE AND CO. S PUBLICATIONS. 
MOSSES. 
HANDBOOK OF BRITISH MOSSES, containing all that 
are kuown to be Natives of the British Isles. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 
M.A., r.L.S. Demy 8vo, pp. 360, 24 Coloured Plates, 2ls. 
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 modes 
of collecting and preserving, followed by an extensive series of coloured illustra- 
tions, in which the essential portions of the plant are repeated, in every case on 
a magnified scale. 
SEAWEEDS. 
BRITISH SEAWEEDS ; an Introduction to trie Studj of 
the INIarine A.lg^ of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. By 
S. O. Gray. Crown 8vo, 6<y. ; with 16 Coloured Plates, drawn expressly 
for the work by W. Fitch, 10s. ed. 
One of L. Reeve and Co.'s ' New Series,' briefly but accurately describing, 
according to the classification of the best and most recent authorities, all the 
Algffi found on our coasts. 
PHYCOLOGIA BRITANNICA; or. History of British 
Seaweeds, containing Coloured Figures, Generic and Specific Characters, 
Svnonyras and Descriptions of all the Species of Algse inhabitins: the 
Shores of the British Islands. By Dr. W. H. Harve\', F.R.S. Royal 
8vo, 4 vols., 765 pp., 360 Coloured Plates. [^New 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 Australian 
Alg£e. By Dr. Harvey, F.R.S. Royal 8vo, 5 vols., 300 Coloured Plates, 
£7. 13.y. 
This beautiful w^ork, the result of an arduous personal exploration of the 
shores of the Australian continent, is got up in the style of the * Phycologia 
Britannica ' by the same author. Each Species has a Plate to itself, with ample 
magnified deliueations of fructification and structure, embodying a variety of 
most curious and remarkable forms. 
