20 SARGASSO WEED. 



Sargasso- or gulf-weed, usually noticed in such 

 extensive banks in the Atlantic Ocean. I re- 

 gretted that we had not an opportunity of ex- 

 amining minutely the weeds growing on the 

 rocks around the Cape, as it was probable that 

 we should have found this species in its rooted 

 state. But the fact of its appearance here in 

 any form is interesting, inasmuch as it proves 

 that this mysterious fucus inhabits the waters of 

 the western, as well as the eastern side of the 

 American continent. 



