Excerpt from Desmids of the United States and List of American Pediastrums: With Eleven Hundred Illustrations on Fifty-Three Colored Plates Although this work is believed to be exhaustive of all now known concerning the Desmids of the United States, yet the author regards it only as the pioneer to others much larger and therefore more valuable, wherein will be recorded the achievements of those who will perhaps be indebted to this work for their first introduction to so fascinating a study as that of the fresh-water Alyce of our country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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