Marine botany and seaside objects Author:Marine botany Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: XXVII. Ectocarpus. Name signifying external, and fruit. 1. LittnruUs, shore-loving cetocarpus. 2. Heticiilnsus, netted. 3. Fasciculatus, small-branched.... more » 4. Hinksiie, in honour of Miss Hincks. 5. Scorpioides, scorpion-shaped. 6. Spineseens, thorny. 7. Longifructiis, long-fruited. 8. Amphibius, ample. 9. Tomentosus, spongy. 10. Crinitus, hairy. 11. Piisillus, small. 12. Simplex, simple. 13. Villum, hairy. 14. Distortus, irregular. 15. Gi-aniihsiis, grained. 16. Sphrerophorus, ball-carrying. 17. Brachiatiis, branched. 18. Mertensli, probably a foreign naturalist. XXVIII. Myriotrichia. Signifying a thousand, and a hair. 1. Clavcpformis, club-formed myriotrichia. 3. Filiformis, fern-like. Family VI.—Choedaeiee. From a Greek word, signifying a cord or string. XXIX. Myrionema. Signifying a thousand, and a thread. 1. Strungularis, creoked myriaonem. 2. Leclancherii. 3. Punctiforme, pricked. 4. Clavatum, club-shaped. XXX. Ulachistea. The meaning dubious; but seemingly from a Greek word, least. 1. Fucicola, purple-yielding elachistea. 2. F/accida, flagging. 3. Curta, short. 4. Pulvinata, powdered. 5. Stellulata, full of stars. 6. Suctulata, shield-like. 7. Velutina, haiiy. XXXI. Ralfsiu. In honour of John Ralfs, Esq., an aecura botanist, to whom the science is much indchted. 1. Demta, withered-looking deusta. CHOllDAELV D1VAHICATA. XXXII. Leathcsia. In honour of the Rev. Mr. Loathes, a British naturalist. 1. Tuberiformis, knob-shaped leathesia. 2. Berkleye, the Berkeley. , XXXIII. Mesoyloia. Middle, and viscid, in allusion to its gelatinous axis. 1. Vermicularis, chequered mesogloia. 2. Virescens, green. 3. Griffithsiana, in honour of Mrs. Griffith. The Griffith...« less