. First forms of vegetation. Botany; Cryptogams. FRESIf-WATER ALG^. 2ft should be boiled with strong nitric acid, and care- fully and repeatedly washed. Some species con- sist of chains of parallelograms (Fig. 24), connected together at one single point, more beautiful in ap-. FiG. 24.—DiATOMA BiDDULPHiANA—magnified. pearance, and more richly and elaborately carved than the costliest bracelet on the arm of a queen. Some resemble miniature flags or fans, adorned with the most exquisite figures; some graceful boats, frost- ed and granulated, in which a tiny animalcule might float over a dew-drop
. First forms of vegetation. Botany; Cryptogams. FRESIf-WATER ALG^. 2ft should be boiled with strong nitric acid, and care- fully and repeatedly washed. Some species con- sist of chains of parallelograms (Fig. 24), connected together at one single point, more beautiful in ap-. FiG. 24.—DiATOMA BiDDULPHiANA—magnified. pearance, and more richly and elaborately carved than the costliest bracelet on the arm of a queen. Some resemble miniature flags or fans, adorned with the most exquisite figures; some graceful boats, frost- ed and granulated, in which a tiny animalcule might float over a dew-drop; and some little trees (Fig. 25), covered with variegated leaves, arranged in fan- like clusters, as though intended for microscopic Fig 25.—exilaeia tlabellata. models of 3. grove of fan- palms. In short, they form circles, triangles, squares, and almost every kind of mathematical figure (Fig. 26), to the utter subversion of all the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Macmillan, Hugh, 1833-1903; Macmillan, Hugh, 1833-1903. Footnotes from the page of nature. London, Macmillan
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