BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. AQI 
(5) QUICKS HOLE. 
Quicks Hole does not have so luxuriant a vegetation as Robinsons Hole, probably 
because the bottom is not so rocky. On the easterly side (station 27), along the west 
end of Pasque, in 4 to 5 fathoms over a rocky bottom, there was a rich growth of 
Desmarestia aculeata, Laminaria Agardhu var. vittata, Callithamnion Bazleyt, Phyllophora 
Brodiet, Rhodymemia palmata, and a few plants were found of Desmarestia viridis and 
Cystoclonium purpurascens var. cirrhosum. ‘The westerly side (station 28 and 29) has 
a sandy bottom in 3 to 5 fathoms, with quite a different vegetation. There were found 
in abundance Chorda filum (station 29), Desmarestia aculeata (station 29), Desmotrichum 
undulatum (station 29, on Zostera), Ectocarpus siliculosus (station 29, on Zostera), 
Melobesia Lejolisit (station 29, on Zostera), and Spermothamnion Turnert. The following 
were found in small quantities: 
Chordaria flagelliformis, 29. Cystoclonium purpurascens, 29. 
Laminaria Agardhii, 28. Hildenbrandia prototypus, 28. 
Leathesia difformis, 29. Lithothamnion polymorphum, 28. 
Agardhiella tenera, 28. Polysiphonia elongata, 29. 
Chondrus crispus, 29. Polysiphonia fibrillosa, 29. 
Corallina officinalis, 29. Rhodomela subfusca, 29. 
(6) MENEMSHA BIGHT. 
A special trip to Menemsha Bight was made on July 17, 1905, in the Genevieve of 
the Marine Biological Laboratory. Three hauls were taken, (1) at the east end of 
Menemsha Bight just outside of the fish traps, bottom sandy in 614 fathoms; (2) in 
the middle region between the fish traps, bottom sandy mud in 514 fathoms; and (3) 
about three-fourths of a mile offshore at the west end of Menemsha Bight, bottom 
sandy in 8% fathoms. The following species were recorded: ; 
Chetomorpha Linum, 3, few. | Champia parvula, 3, few. 
Desmarestia viridis, 2, many; 1 and 3, few. Cystoclonium purpurascensvar. citrhosum, 2,many. 
Laminaria Agardhii, 1, 2 and 3, few. Hildenbrandia prototypus, 1 and 3, few. 
Ralfsia clavata, 3, few. ; Phyllophora Brodiei, 2, few. 
Sargassum Filipendula, 1, few. Polysiphonia atrorubescens, 2, few. 
Agardhiella tenera, 1, many. Polysiphonia elongata, 2 and 3, many. 
Antithamnion cruciatum, 1, few. Polysiphonia fibrillosa, 2, few. 
Antithamnion plumula, 1 and 2, few. Polysiphonia nigrescens, 1, 2 and 3, very abundant. 
Callithamnion roseum, 2, few. Seirospora Griffithsiana, 1, 2 and 3, few. 
Ceramium rubrum, 2, few. Spyridia filamentosa, 1, few. 
The most remarkable feature of this locality was the great quantity of Polystphonia 
nigrescens. ‘The flora of these sheltered waters was clearly representative of the warm- 
water sublittoral formation, a fact of some interest considering its proximity to Gay 
Head. 
An examination in the Blue Wing of the shallow waters of Menemsha Bight, off 
Lobsterville, on August 9, 1904, showed a bottom of sandy mud in 3 fathoms. Zostera 
was plentiful in spots and seems to be establishing itself in this region; there was very 
little present four or five years previous (Vinal Edwards). There were great quanti- 
ties of Ectocarpus stliculosus as well as Melobesia Lejolisii covering the Zostera, and a 
few plants of the following were found: Agardhiella tenera, Chondrus crispus, and 
Cystoclonium purpurascens var. cirrhosum. 
