477 



Cap du Figuier in the Bay of Biscay; he calls thera Fucus platy- 



carpus var. limiUmeus; and with reference to them he w rites 1. c. 

 pp. 171 — 2: — »En 1896, j'en ai récolté sur un bloc situé en avant 

 du Casino, de petils, gréles et bien fructifiés, en touffes éparses, de 

 2 a 3 eentimétres de longueur, et j'étonnerai probablemenl les algo- 

 logues qui ont exploré seulement les regions plus septentrionales, 

 en disant que j'aie pu faire rentier dans une boite d'allumettes ina 

 réeolte, qui se composait dune dizaine d'exemplaires bien entiers«. 

 The Færoese specimens from exposed localities are often as small. 



Several Færoese examples are shown in lig. 97, the small ones 

 being formå nana, the large f. typica. 



This species occurs in the littoral zone along the Færoes and 

 grows in fairly sheltered situations (especially formå typica) as well 

 as on exposed coasts (forina nand). In more particularly exposed 

 piaces the latter may be found growing at a considerable height 

 above high-water mark, e. g. at Vaags Fjde it occurred at a height 

 of some 5 metres. It grows by preference on steeply inclined cl i Ils 

 which are incessantly dashed by the sea in rough weather. On 

 the other band, in calm weather it often sutfers from desiecation 

 and I have frequently gathered it so dried that it could easily be 

 broken. It always grows gregariously and this applies especially 

 to formå nana. It has also sometimes been found in rock-pools at 

 high levels, e. g. in abundance near Velbestad, specimens from such 

 situations being thinner and of sienderer build answering to f. li- 

 nearts of Fucus iuflatus, as f. nana answers lo f. disticha. 



Fructifying piants were found in April, May, June, July and 



October. A few specimens gathered in December were sterile. Ils 



period of fructification corresponds exactly to that of piants in the 



Norwegian Polar Sea where according to Kjell man, 1. c. they bear 



receptacles during summer and a part of October. 



This is a very common species of the Færoese eoasts and was 

 first mentioned by Landt, 1. c. p. 227. 



154. F. vesiculosus L. Lyngb., Hydrophyt., p. 3; Kjellm., X. I., 

 p. 248 (198); Rosenv., Grønl. Havalg., p. 833. 



var. typica Kjellm., 1. c. 



var. subfusiformis f. lanceolata Kjellm., Handb., p. 9. 



var. rotundata f. robusta Kjellm., Handb., p. 7. 



I think by far the greater part of the Færoese material mav 

 be referred to var. typica; taken as a whole it agreed well with 

 Harvey's figure in Phycol. Brit., tab. 204, fig. 1. A single specimen 



