812 



BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Fucus vesiculosus Continued. 



Woods Hole: Great Harbor, Grassy Ledge, Ram 

 Island, Devils Foot Island, Juniper Point, Lit- 

 tle Harbor. Gay Head 50 and 51 (large form 

 without bladders). Black Rock. 



Buzzards Bay: Drifted fragments, 7629, 7636, 

 7651 (1907), 82. 



Vineyard Sound: Drifted fragments, 7523, 7525 

 bis, 7588, 7728, 7730, 7749, 29. 



At all seasons. 



Fucus vesiculosus var. laterifructus Greville. 

 Common, on stones between tide marks. 

 Woods Hole: Devils Foot Island. 

 At all seasons. 



Fucus -vesiculosus forma limicola Collins. 



Common, on muddy shores and flats near high- 

 water mark. 



Woods Hole : Little Harbor, Devils Foot Island, 

 Ram Island. Mattapoisett (Collins). 



Spring, summer. 



P. B.-A., fas. xxin, no. 1133, Mattapoisett, Sep- 

 tember 14, 1902 (F. S. Collins). 



Fucus vesiculosus var. sphazrocarpus Farlow. 



Occasional, on flat rocks well above low-tide 



mark. 

 Woods Hole. Gay Head at stations 50 and 51, 



on flat rocks. Black Rock. 

 Spring, summer. 



Fucus vesiculosus var. spiralis Farlow. 



Occasional, above low-water mark, frequently 



unattached over muddy or grassy bottom. 

 Woods Hole: Little Harbor. 

 Spring, summer. 



Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) J. Agardh. 



Occasional, floating in Vineyard Sound. 



Summer. 



This plant is believed to come from the Gulf 

 Stream, being carried into the waters of Vine- 

 yard Sound after heavy storms. 



Sargassum Filipendula Agardh. [Chart 238.] 



Common, attached to rocks and stones below 



low-water mark. Dredged by the Survey in 



z l / 2 to 15 fathoms, over sandy, shelly, and 



stony bottoms. Common in the upper portion 



Sargassum Filipendula Continued. 



of Buzzards Bay along the easterly shore , and 

 widely distributed throughout the narrow and 

 easterly portion of Vineyard Sound. 



Woods Hole: Entrance to Eel Pond, off Juniper 

 Point. Hadley Harbor. Black Rock. 



Buzzards Bay: Upper portion 7630 (1907), few; 

 7632, one; 7639 and 7654, few. Lower portion 

 7657, few. Inshore Gull Island 116, few; Un- 

 catena 117, many ; Penzance 123, many ; Quissc t 

 128 and 129, few; 130, many; Gunning Point 



131, many on sulphur sponges; W T est Falmouth 



132, one; Hog Island Point 134, many; Hog 

 Island Harbor 135, few; North Falmouth 136, 

 few; 137, many; 138, two; Nyes Neck 141, 

 many; Cataumet Harbor 142, few; Scraggy 

 Neck 145, few; Bassetts Island 146, few; 

 Wings Neck 147 and 148, few. Drifted frag- 

 ments, 7621 (1907), 7626, 7627, 7628, 7629, 7633, 

 7 6 34, 7 6 3 6 . 7638, 7661, 150, 151, 152, 159, 165. 



Vineyard Sound: Narrow portion 7525 bis and 



7533 bis . few -' 7537. ne; 7554, 7555 and 7557. 

 few; 7740, two; 7742, 7744, 7749, 7750, 7753, 

 one each. Easterly portion 7755, one; 7760, 

 few; 7761 (1907), few; 7763, 7764, 7766, and 

 7767, few; 7772, 7775, 7776, 7778, one each; 

 7780, 7781 and 7783, few. Inshore passage of 

 Woods Hole 121, few; Nonamesset i, one; 8, 

 one; Menemsha Bight July 17, 1905, haul i, 

 one; Marthas Vineyard 73 and 77, few; Vine- 

 yard Haven 7761, many; 7762, few. Drifted 

 fragments, 7523, 7532, 7546, 7550 bis, 7581, 7599, 

 7701, 7728, 7729, 7730, 7733, 7751, 7759, 7782, 

 118. 



At all seasons, but most luxuriant in the summer 

 when it fruits abundantly. 



Farlow, 1873, p. 283, 284, (Sargassum vulgare 

 Agardh), Woods Hole; Farlow, 1875, p. 353 

 (Sargassum vulgare), Woods Hole; P. B.-A., 

 fas. D, no. xcvii, Juniper Point (Butlers Point), 

 Woods Hole, August 15, 1904 (F. S. Collins) 



Sargassum Filipendula var. subedentatum J. Agardh 

 Occasional, attached to stones below low- water 



mark. 



Woods Hole. 

 Summer. 



