Phycologia Australica Or A History Of Australian Sea Weeds And A Synopsis Of All Known Australian Algae Volume

Author : William Henry Harvey
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ISBN 13 : 9781332305742
Total Pages : 324 pages
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Download or read book Phycologia Australica; Or, a History of Australian Sea Weeds, Vol. 5 written by William Henry Harvey and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Phycologia Australica; Or, a History of Australian Sea Weeds, Vol. 5: Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of the Most Charactersitic Marine Algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a Synopsis of All Known Australian Algae In closing the 'Phycologia Australica, ' after a monthly issue, commencing March 1858, and only recently partially interrupted, it becomes my duty publicly to return my acknowledgments to the friends and friendly correspondents who have assisted me throughout, either with specimens or in other ways. Already, in the dedication of the several volumes, I have endeavoured partially to express towards five of my most strenuous supporters the grateful feelings with which I have received their aid. But I still feel towards them, as if the debt of gratitude which is their due had been but imperfectly discharged. I wish therefore again, in few words, to recapitulate. To George Clifton, Esq., R. N., of Fremantle, Western Australia, whose name occurs so frequently throughout the volumes and in the Synopsis, I am indebted for some thousands of beautifully preserved specimens, including many species collected by no one else. His contributions commenced in 1854, whilst I was resident in Western Australia, and have been regularly continued, at short intervals, up to the present time. Three new genera, Cliftonaa, Bindera, and Encyothalia, besides many new species, prove the zeal and success with which Mr. Clifton has conducted his researches. Dr. Ferdinand Mueller, F.R.S., etc., of Melbourne, who never loses an opportunity of advancing the Natural History of Australia, has for many years diligently collected its Algae; and with great liberality has placed his gatherings at my disposal, and forwarded to me, from time to time, many important packets of Algae. To him botanists are indebted for most of what is yet known of the marine plants of North-East Australia, and Phycology owes to his researches the genera Nizymenia, Erythrocloniuin, and Brachycladia, besides many species. Some of Dr. Muellers earlier collections, described by Sonder, in vols. 25 and 26 of the 'Linnaea' have not come into my hands, and several of the species named by Sonder remain unknown to me. Ronald C. Gunn, Esq., F.R.S., whose name is indelibly associated with the botany of Tasmania, has largely assisted me in this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."