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[27] Ecl.viii. 5, 88, _procumbit in ulva Perdita, nec serae_, &c.— The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius
Decaying ulva algae threatens other beaches around France and the world, from the United States to China, experts say.
I got sand and covered the bottom; I found two jagged stones and leaned them against each other on the sand; I gathered fronds of ulva latissima; I persuaded a boatman to bring me a bucket of salt-water from beyond the line of breakers, and I poured it carefully into the jar.— Hawthorne and His Circle
The leaf, examined with a microscope at the instant we drew it up from the water, did not present, it is true, those conglobate glands, or those opaque points, which the parts of fructification in the genera of ulva and fucus contain; but how often do we find seaweeds in such a state that we cannot yet distinguish any trace of seeds in their transparent parenchyma.— Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
"This chap, styled the ` ulva latissima 'by the scientific gentlemen who manufacture such titles, is a capital thermometer," said the Captain on putting in the laver.— Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel
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