Microscopical observations made in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

  • Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857
Date:
[1850]
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Credit: Microscopical observations made in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    bryan co., ga.—continued. RICE FIELD MUDS. The mud from the rice fields on the Ogeechee was collected at the embank¬ ments by the side of the canals and ditches on the following estates, viz : Cherry Hill, belonging to R. J. Arnold, Esq. Strother Hall, “ Col. McAllister. A new plantation/' Judge Langdon Cheves. These muds all agreed in character with those examined near Savannah, and furnished the following species, viz : Actinoptychus denarius, Ehr. “ senarius, Ehr. Coseinodiseus excentrieus, Ehr. (f subtilis, Ehr. Dictyocha fibula, Ehr. Gallionella sulcata, Ehr. Pinnularia interrupts, Kg. viridis, Ehr. Rhaphoneis rhombus, Ehr. Surirella splendida, Ehr. Terpsinoe musica, Ehr. Triceratium favus, Ehr. “ alternans, B. “ reticulum, Ehr. Zygoceros rhombus, Ehr. Pollen pini. Pbytolitharia, Ac, bryan co., ga.—continued, WHITE HALL, THE RESIDENCE OF R. J. ARNOLD, ESQ. In a ditch of an old rice field, and at some distance from the river, the follow¬ ing species were found among the leaves of Utricularia verticillata, viz : Bacillaria paradoxa, Ehr. Closterium acerosum, Scbr. Gallionella aurichajcea, Ehr. — Himantidium arcus, Ehr. Arcella dentata, Ehr. Synedra spectabilis, Ehr. Vaginicola crystallina, Ehr. “ vitrea, Ehr. DITCH NEAR THE CHURCH IN THE VICINITY OF WHITE HALL This furnished the following: Desmidxeje. Ankistrodesmus falcatus, Corda. Aptogonum desmidium, Ehr, Arthrodesmus convergens, Ehr. “ incus, Breb. Didymoprium Borreri, Ralfs. Docidium verrucosum, B. Euastrum aflfine, Ralfs. Micrasterias crenata, Breb. Pediastrum heptactis, Menegh. Penium digitus, Breb. Scenedesmus obliquus, Kg. Staurastrum dejectum, Breb. “ gracile, Ralfs. Xanthidium aculeatum, Ehr.