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Nat. Oed. CIII. ALG^E, L. 



By W, H. Harvey, M.D. etc. etc. 



Series I. MELANOSPEEME M. 



Tribe I. FJJCACBJS. 

 Gen. I. SAEGASSUM, Ag. 



(J. Ag. Sp. Alg. vol. i. p. 268. Kiitz. Sp. Alg. p. 636, Anthoplycus, Kiitz. 1. c. p. 605. Pterocaulon, Kg. 

 I. c. p. 606. CarpaccmtMs, Kg. 1. c. p. 621. Stichophora, Kg. p. 637. Spongocarpus, Kg. p. 631. Halochloa, 

 Kg: p. 632.) 



1. Sargassum baecifemm, Ag., /. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. l.p. 344.. Kiitz. Sp. p. 609. Hook, et Han. Lond. 

 L. Bot. v. 4. p. 522. Fucus bacciferus, Turn. t. 47, 



Hab. New Zealand, B? JJrville, Lesson, Sinclair. 



Disteib. Found floating in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. (Gulf-weed.) 



2. Sargassum vulgare, Ag., /. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. 1. p. 342. Hook, et Harv. in Lond. J. Bot. v. 4. p. 

 522. Eucus natans, Turn. Hist. t. 46. 



Hab. New Zealand, Banks, Lesson. 



Disteib. Shores of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 



3. Sargassum granuliferwm, Ag., Ic. t. 11, J. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. 1. p. 309. Hook, et Harv. Lond. 

 J. Bot. v. 4s. p. 522. 



Hab. Cook's Straits, B 'JJrville, fide Cunningham. 



This habitat appears to us to be more than doubtful. The species was founded on specimens brought by Konig 

 from the Indian Ocean. 



4. Sargassum droserifoliuin, Bory, in Buper. Voy. p. 129. /. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. I. p. 347. Hook, et 

 Harv. Lond. J. Bot. v. 4<.p. 522. 



Hab. New Zealand, Lesson. 



5. Sargassum crassifolium, J. Ag., Sp. Alg. v. 1. p. 326. S. aquifolium, Bory, Coqu. p. 128. (non Ag.) 

 Hab. In the sea, between New Zealand and New Ireland, Lf JJrville. 



6. Sargassum duplicatum, Bory, Coqu. p. 127. /. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. I. p. 347. Hook, et Harv. in 

 Lond. J. Bot. v. 4. p. 523. 



Hab. New Zealand, Lesson. 



7. Sargassum scabridum, Hook. fil. et Harv., Lond. J. Bot. v. 4. p. 522. J. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. I: p. 347. 

 Kiitz. Sp. Alg. p. 614. 



Hab. Bay of Islands, J. B. H. Houraki Gulf, Lyall. 



8. Sargassum Sinclairii, Hook. fil. et Harv., Lond. J. Bot. v. 4. p. 522. /. Ag. Sp. Alg. v. J. p. 300. 

 Kiitz. Sp. Alg. p. 606. 



Var. (3. obtusifolia ; foliis firmioribus, superioribus latioribus obtusisque. 



Hab. Bay of Islands, Sinclair, Lyall, etc. Auckland, Houraki Gulf, and Port Cooper, Lyall. Var. /3; 

 East Coast, Colenso. 



