Notes on the algae of the United States / by J.W. Bailey.

  • Jacob Whitman Bailey
Date:
1846
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Credit: Notes on the algae of the United States / by J.W. Bailey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    the exception of two days spent on the sea-shore at Stonington, Conn., in the year 1838, and an excursion with Dr. Torrey for a few hours to the shores of Staten Island, I have had no chance to gratify my desire to study these beautiful productions in their native haunts, until this summer, when in company with Messrs. S. T. Olney, G. B. Thurber, and Geo. Hunt, zealous young bot- anists from Providence, R. I., I visited various parts of the shores of Rhode Island and Narragansett Bay, and made large collec- tions of the Algse. A residence of a few weeks at Providence and Newport, also afforded me an opportunity to add much to my collection, and to study microscopically many of the species in their full state of perfection. It will be seen from the above statements, how slight an explo- ration has hitherto been made of the Algae of our shores, and it is hoped that this will serve as sufficient apology for the incom- pleteness of the list which it is my object now to present. I have included in the following list every species now posi- tively known to me as growing in the United States, together with a few other North American species. Where no other au- thority is given, it will be understood that the plant was found by myself growing at the locality mentioned. Where the name of the collector is given followed by a (!), it is meant that authentic specimens from his locality have been examined by myself. In the classification and names of most of the species, I have followed the excellent Manual of British Algae, by the Hon. W. H. Harvey, and I must refer to that work for the synonyms of the marine species. Some of the freshwater genera and species are adopted from Ralf’s papers in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, or from HassalPs British Freshwater Algae. For some of these, synonyms are given. The principal localities will be referred to by the following abbreviations, viz. Newport, R. I. = the rocky sea-shore extend- ing south from the bathing beach at Newport ;* Narr. Pier — * Those who feel desirous to visit Neptune’s flower-gardens, and “ where the sea casts up its briny ooze, to seek for weeds,” will find the whole shore at the foot of the cliffs near the bathing grounds at Newport, well worthy of a visit. I pre- sume that almost every marine species mentioned in my list and doubtless many others, may be found there, and f fully believe that Newport is yet to rival Tor- quay in England, as a locality for fine Algse. My favorite spots along the shore, are in the small coves about half a mile below “ the Stairs,” where at low tide it is easy to get out upon “the rocks where the sea-plants lift Their boughs when the tides and billows flow,” and where “with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter.” The shores in this neighborhood are covered at low tide with vast quantities of rejectamenta, among which many of the most beautiful of the Algte may be found;
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