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Title: Extract of a Letter from John Ellis, Esquire, F. R. S. to Dr. Linnaeus, of Upsal, F. R. S. on the Animal Nature of the Genus of Zoophytes, Called Corallina
Year: 1767 (1760s)
Authors: Ellis, J. Woulfe, P.
Subjects: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Publisher: Royal Society of London

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has likewife introducedamong his arguments, that the fruit of the Fucussare fubanalogous to thofe of the Corallines, I couldintroduce an infinite variety to (hew the great dif-ference there is between them i but this part ofnatural hiftory, too long neglciSed, requires a vo-lume by itfelf,, to fhew the amazing variety of vege-tables, that lie hid from us in the great deep y I maymake fome obfervations on them the fubjed of afuture letter, efpecially as many of them are of theclafs of Dioecia, as well as thofe which I have al-ready fhewn in the Confervas; which I believe willbe new to the botaniils. I am^ Dear Sir, Your moft obedient fervant^ John Ellis* Th« Defcriptlon of Plate XVIII. Fig. a. The female Conferva polymorpha. A. The fame magnified, to iliew the feeds in the Capfules.k The male Conferva polymorpha^ B. The fame magnified, with its male flowers.B I. Oneof the catkins,or male flowers, highly magnified.c. The female Conferva plumofa* The Thil. TTsms:VollNR.Tab:JmK^. 42 ff.
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