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and Microcystis, collected from various localities through a number 

 of years and analyzed in the laboratories of this bureau. These tables 

 are made up of results published elsewhere by the writer, 1 Linde- 

 muth and Parker, 2 and Merz. 3 The samples may be regarded as 

 average samples, since they were collected only as representative of 

 the groves distributed along the coast. 



Table X. — Chemical composition of Nereocystis. 



Location. 



Fresh Water Bay, Puget Sound. 



K 2 0. 



San Juan County, Wash , 



Point Arena, Cal 



Bay of Monterey, Cal 



Point Pinos, Cal 



Cayucos, Cal 



Geese Island, Alaska 



Port Graham, Alaska 



Pearse C anal , Alaska 



Between Tongass and Kanagunut Islands 



Gulf of Esquibel, Alaska 



55° 37' N., 133° 28' W 



Eagle Island, Davidson Inlet, Alaska 



Wrangell Straits, Alaska 



55° 54' N., 133° 3V W 



56° 36' N., 133° 57' W 



56° 12' N., 133° 40 7 W 



56° 08' N . , 133 ° 54' W 



55° 36' N., 132° 57' W 



57° 01' N., 134° 34' W 



Average 



Per cent. 

 18.04 

 17.61 

 31.62 

 16.92 

 17.05 

 17.32 

 16.20 

 16.50 

 16.72 

 25.70 

 13.30 

 23.00 

 16.20 

 16.72 

 20.62 

 16.96 

 23.82 

 21.70 

 19.40 

 26.10 

 20.83 

 28.26 

 15.44 

 24.69 

 14.78 

 12.74 

 23.88 

 15.12 

 30.12 

 27.02 

 19.63 

 16.74 

 24.80 

 28.76 

 17.67 

 20.12 

 26.05 

 21.61 

 22.73 



21.49 



Per cent. 

 0.23 

 .24 

 .25 

 .20 

 .24 

 .28 

 .19 

 .30 

 .20 

 .08 

 .15 

 .17 

 .15 

 .13 

 .15 

 .20 

 .17 

 .18 

 .12 

 .15 

 .24 

 .06 

 .14 

 .06 



None. 



None. 



None. 

 .07 

 .05 



None. 



None. 

 .06 

 .03 



None. 

 .01 

 .06 

 .10 

 .09 



Trace. 



.11 



X. 



Per cent. 

 2.26 

 2.21 

 1.21 

 2.57 

 2.71 

 2.53 

 2.54 

 2.21 

 1.46 

 1.29 

 2.52 

 1.32 

 2.32 

 2.22 

 2.25 

 2.15 

 2.41 

 1.58 

 1.70 

 1.12 

 1.93 

 1.06 

 2.27 

 1.15 

 2.02 

 2.87 

 1.53 

 3.06 

 1.07 

 .81 

 1.04 

 1.52 

 .98 

 .59 

 2.01 

 1.85 

 1.46 

 1.65 

 1.54 



1.80 



Organic 

 matter. 



Per cent. 

 51.13 

 51.11 

 33.15 

 51.16 

 51.67 

 50.12 

 52.14 

 37.40 

 39.02 

 41.80 

 61.50 

 46.20 

 35.30 

 53.56 

 51.42 

 57.25 

 47.26 

 50.20 

 53.00 

 40.60 

 47.86 

 43.52 

 56.26 

 40.50 

 42.74 

 60.50 

 39.90 

 55.56 

 33.50 

 39.92 

 49.28 

 51.60 

 42.78 

 32.66 

 50.62 

 48.56 

 43.78 

 43.50 

 55.56 



47.75 



'J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 



2 J. Ind. Eng. Chem. ; 



3 J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 



4, 9 (1912). 



5, 287 (1913). 



6, 19 (1914). 



