256 
_XXX—MARINE ALGAE FROM NORTH OF NEW 
ZEALAND AND THE KERMADECS. 
A. D. Corton. 
“The marine algae of New Zealand are better known than those 
of any other country in the southern hemisphere. Many collections 
ee been brought or sent to Europe, and during recent years Mr. 
R, M. Laing, together with other workers, has done much in dis- 
covering the rarer and less conspicuous species. His revised list of 
ew Zealand algae (1899-1901) has proved most useful, and is 
generally regarded as a fairly complete list of the algal flora. 
Whilst this is true with regard to well-worked centres, it appears 
that in other parts, especially in the North Island, there is still 
ample scope for the marine botanist. 
Amongst collections of marine algae received at Kew during the 
last few w years were two forwarded by Miss Edith M. Smith from 
Little Barrier Island. These not only supplied species which were 
entirely unrepresented in British Herbaria, but contained represen- 
eke of important genera, which hitherto were not known to 
in New Zealand. Though only a few miles south of the Bay 
aE lalate, the algae of which have been investigated by several 
botanists, the Little Barrier district is evidently well worth ex- 
ploring. Miss Smith also collected at North Cape, and other spots in 
the North Island, but all the species forwarded from these localities 
were poniained in the Little Barrier collection. A gathering 
from ermadecs however deserves special mention, as, previous 
to Si coal recently published by Mr. and Mrs. Gepp, nothing was 
ie of the a ee of these islands. The group lies some 700 miles 
St iaris in the Kermadecs is interesting, as though ceils repre- 
sented in Australia the genus is not known in New Zealan 
The two subjoined lists contain the names of the species ‘*criiaed 
from Little Barrier Island and the Kermadec group respectively. 
Common and generally distributed plants suchas Ulva Lactuca 
Enteromorpha spp. etc. are not included, neither are those which could 
only be named generically, —With- Australian distribution, 
when no special area or colony is indicated the plant may be —— 
as widely spread. 
