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.
- David Landsborough
- Date:
- 1857
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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