A mass of filamentous green algae, possibly a Spirogyra species. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

An abalone shell covered in flaky brown seaweed. Watercolour.

Volvox

A fern, a moss, a fungus and an alga: all with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.

A green algae (Ulva diaphana): leaf-like thallus and section of stipe. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Coccolithophore

Diatom frustule, SEM

Desmid Micrasterias denticulata undergoing cell division

Microscope drawings of plant anatomy with cells and tissues of stonewort (Chara and Nitella species). Lithograph after C. Varley, c.1834.

Blue-green algae with nitrogen fixing cells

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Notes for Lecture on Marine Algae. Lecture on Seaweeds. Author's holograph MSS.  London  Written on the rectos only.  The lecture was given on 9 May, 1890 before the Royal Botanic Society of London.  The date 1892 is found in the second work, which is a draft of a popular lecture on British Algae.

Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica

32 ll. (last bl.), 10 ff. 8vo. & 4to. 20x13 cm., 23x18 cm. Unbound.

Marine Algae and Seaweeds: lectures

xvi, 400 pages 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 16 cm

A popular history of British seaweeds : comprising their structure, fructification, specific characters, arrangement, and general distribution, with notices of some of the fresh-water algae / by D. Landsborough.

A handy-book to the collection and preparation of freshwater and marine algae, diatoms, desmids, fungi, lichens, mosses and other of the lower crytogamia with instructions for the formation of an herbarium / translated and edited by the Rev. W.W. Spicer.

Las lagunas de Boza, Chilca y Huacachina y los Gramadales de la costa del Perú / Angel Maldonado.

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Notes on the algae of the United States / by J.W. Bailey.

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Marine Algae and Seaweeds: lectures

A popular history of British seaweeds : comprising their structure, fructification, specific characters, arrangement, and general distribution, with notices of some of the fresh-water algae / by D. Landsborough.

A handy-book to the collection and preparation of freshwater and marine algae, diatoms, desmids, fungi, lichens, mosses and other of the lower crytogamia with instructions for the formation of an herbarium / translated and edited by the Rev. W.W. Spicer.

Las lagunas de Boza, Chilca y Huacachina y los Gramadales de la costa del Perú / Angel Maldonado.

Notes on the algae of the United States / by J.W. Bailey.

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Marine Algae and Seaweeds: lectures

A popular history of British seaweeds : comprising their structure, fructification, specific characters, arrangement, and general distribution, with notices of some of the fresh-water algae / by D. Landsborough.

A handy-book to the collection and preparation of freshwater and marine algae, diatoms, desmids, fungi, lichens, mosses and other of the lower crytogamia with instructions for the formation of an herbarium / translated and edited by the Rev. W.W. Spicer.

Las lagunas de Boza, Chilca y Huacachina y los Gramadales de la costa del Perú / Angel Maldonado.

Notes on the algae of the United States / by J.W. Bailey.

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