Note 37 — THE TWO FLORAS, MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL. BEARING OF THE EXPERIENCE ARGUMENT.
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“Dr. Neill mentions,” says the Rev. Mr. Landsborough, in his complete and very interesting “History of British Sea-Weeds,” “that on our shores algæ generally occupy zones in the following order, beginning from deep water:—F. Filum; F. esculentus and bulbosus, F. digitatus, saccharinus, and loreus; F. serratus and crispus; F. nodosus and vesiculosus; F. canaliculatus; and, last of all, F. pygmæus; which is satisfied if it be within reach of the spray.”