List of the Algae coUected by the 

 Fishery-Inspection Curaçao. 



BY 



CATHA. P. SLUITER. 



With Plate VIII. 



The Algae named in the following list were coUected 

 by Dr. J. Boeke, during his inspection of the fishery in 

 West-India. This collection was the first made in our 

 Dutch colonies and therefore it did not seem quite useless 

 to publish the results, allthough thèse do not bring any 

 new points of view. 



The région, we treat with, has often been algologically 

 examined. 



In the first place I mention the beautiful collection 

 of Mazé and Schramm of Guadeloupe, worked out by Mr. 

 Crouan. Several other persons coUected, before Murray 

 published in 1889 a complète list of the Algae, found in 

 West-India. At the end he attempts to draw some more 

 gênerai conclusions concerning the distribution of algae, 

 based on carefully worked out tables. From thèse lists 

 we may conclude that West-India is a well deflned région. 

 Of the 788 known species 347 are found only in thèse 

 parts. Without doubt this proportion will be changed, 

 when Qur knowledge is extended. At présent most simi- 

 larity is found with the flora of the Warm- Atlantic, with 

 which the West has 161 species in common. Peculiar is 

 the fact, which has already been stated, that in gênerai 

 the gênera are the same in the West-Atlantic and West- 

 Indian région as in the Indian Océan, while the species 

 differ broadly. Dr. V e r s 1 u y s ') has recently established 



1) Hand. 10e Nat. Gen. Congres te Arnhem 1905. pg. 490. 



