BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



Laminaria A gardhii Continued . 



passage 121, many; Tarpaulin Cove July 18, 

 1903, haul i and 3, few; Robinsons Hole 22, 

 few; Pasque 24, many; 26, few; Quicks Hole 

 28, one; Cuttyhunk 32, 33, and 34, few; 38, 

 many; Gay Head 50 and 51, few, 44, 45, 46, 47, 

 49' 57> 59' an d 60, few; 7731, one; alsooff Devils 

 Bridge, August 17, 1903, haul 5, many; Menem- 

 sha Bight July 17, 1905, hauls 1,2, and 3, few; 

 Marthas Vineyard 65, one; 7761, one. Drifted 

 fragments, 7530, 7572, 7585, 7589, 7676, 7710, 

 7720, 7736, 7753, 7760, 7762, 7766, 7780. 

 At all seasons. 



Farlow, 1873, p. 285 (Laminaria saccharina La- 

 mouroux), Gay Head, Woods Hole; P. B.-A., 

 fas. D, no. LXXXII (Laminaria Aghardii forma 

 normalis Setchell), Woods Hole, May, 1905 

 (Miss L. J. MacRae). 



Laminaria Agardhii var. vittata Setchell. [Chart 

 236.] 



Common, attached to stones, wharves, etc., be- 

 low low-water mark. Dredged in 2 to 17 fath- 

 oms, over sandy, shelly, and stony bottoms. 

 Largely restricted to the lower portion of Buz- 

 zards Bay and the westerly portion of Vine- 

 yard Sound. 



Woods Hole: Great Harbor steamboat wharves. 



Buzzards Bay: Lower portion 7664, one; 7665, 

 two; 7666, 7667, and 7671, few; 7670, many. 

 Inshore Sow and Pigs in, many; Cuttyhunk 

 ioo, few; 112, many; cove west of Cuttyhunk 

 Neck July 27, 1905, many. Drifted frag- 

 ments, 7669. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7582, i on 

 Phyllophora; 7583, few; 7679, 7680, 7681, one 

 each; 7701,7704, and 7706, few; 7707, one; 7719, 

 one; 7720, few on Chondrus; 7723 and 7724, 

 few. Narrow portion 7551, few; 7549, one. 

 Inshore Robinsons Hole 21, many; Pasque 



Laminaria Agardhii var. vittata Continued. 



24, many; 26, few; Quicks Hole 27 many; 

 Nashawena 30, few; Cuttyhunk 32, 33, 34, and 

 38, few; Sow and PigS36and 37, few; Gay Head 

 44, 45, and 47, few; 57, many; 59 and 60, few; 

 7731, many; Marthas Vineyard 65, many. 

 Drifted fragments, 7554, 7686, 7688, 7709. 

 Spring, summer, probably at all seasons. 



Laminaria digitata (Linnaeus) Lamouroux. Kelp, 

 devil's apron. [Chart 237.] 



Occasional, attached to stones and rocks off ex- 

 posed points. Dredged by the Surveyor! Gay 

 Head in 3 to 13 fathoms, over sandy and stony 

 bottoms. 



Wharf at Gay Head. 



Buzzards Bay: Drifted fragment, 7639. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7593, few; 

 7722, one. Inshore Gay Head 44, 48, 50, and 

 51, few; alsooff Devils Bridge August 1 7 , 1903, 

 haul 5, many. 



Summer, probably at all seasons. 



Farlow, 1873, p. 285, Gay Head; Farlow, 1881, 

 p. 94, Gay Head; Setchell, 1900, p. 144 (Lami- 

 naria digitata forma typica Foslie), Gay Head. 



Family THOPTERIDACE^. 



Haplospora globosa Kjellman. 

 Rare. 



Edgartown (King). 

 January (King). 



Collins, 1899, p. 126, found at Edgartown by 

 J. D. King. 



Scapkospora Kingii Farlow. 



Rare. 



Washed ashore Edgartxnvn (King). 



January, 1882 (King). 



Farlow, 1882, p. 67, found at Edgartown, Janu- 

 ary, 1882, by J. D. King. 



Order CYCLOSPORALES. 



Family FUCACE/E. 



Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis. Rock- 

 weed. 



Common, attached to rocks near low-water mark. 



Woods Hole: Great Harbor, Grassy Ledge, Ram 

 Island, Juniper Point, Little Harbor. Buz- 

 zards Bay shore. Black Rock. 



Buzzards Bay: Drifted fragments, 7615, 7617, 

 7620, 7622, 7629, 7630, 7634, 7635, 7639, 7652, 

 7663, 7670, 7672, 78, 80, 82, 131, 146, 148, 151. 



Vineyard Sound: Drifted fragments, 7537, 7550 

 bis, 7551, 7570, 7576, 7599, 7720, 7759, 1,26. 



At all seasons, fruiting during May. 



Fucus evanescens Agardh . 

 Common, attached to rocks. 

 Woods Hole: Harbor walls, entrance to Eel Pond, 



Red Ledge, Gut of Canso. Gay Head. 

 Vineyard Sound: Drifted fragment, 7731. 

 Spring, early summer. 



platycarpus Thuret. 

 Occasional, attached to rocks. 

 Woods Hole: Entrance to Eel Pond. 

 Summer. 



Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus. Rockweed. 



Abundant, on stones, harbor walls, and wharves. 



