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
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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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