I40 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [FEBRUARY 
N. curvirostris Cleve., var. closterium (Ehrenb.) V.H., N. acuclaris (Kuetz.) 
W.Sm., N. longissima (Breb.) Ralfs, N. pungens Grun., var. atlantica Cleve., 
Surirella fastuosa Ehrenb., S. anfractosa A.Sc., Podocystis adriatica Kuetz., 
Campylodiscus Grevillii Leud.-Fortm., C. kittonianus Grun. 
Phaeophyceae 
ECTOCARPACEAE 
Ectocarpus simpliciusculus var. vitiensis Asken.—Along the 
coasts; often on other algae, for example, Turbinaria; also col- 
lected at Laysan. 
E. indicus Sonder.—Plentiful along the coasts, in shallow waters; 
called limu aka-akoa or limu hulu-ilio by the natives, and in common 
use by them as food. 
E. paradoxus Mont.—Common along the coasts and reefs. 
SPHACELARIACEAE 
Sphacelaria tribuloides Menegh.—Common in shallow waters 
along the coast. 
S. furcigera Kuetz.—Fairly abundant in pools and shallow 
waters along the reefs. 
ENCOELIACEAE 
Hydroclathrus cancellatus Bory.—Abundant in shallow waters 
along the coral reefs; forms a stiff, olive-brown, perforated cushion, 
several inches in diameter. 
Asperococcus bulbosus Lam.—Frequent in quiet shallows along 
the coast: 
FUCACEAE 
Turbinaria ornata J. Agh.—Abundant along the outer margins 
of the reefs, where it is exposed to the full force of the surf; also in 
deeper offshore waters; often cast up on the beaches in great 
quantities after storms. 
T. vulgaris J. Agh.—Habitat as for the preceding, but not so 
abundant. 
Sargassum obtusifolium J. Agh.—Known only from the Ha- 
waiian Islands. 
S. polyphyllum J. Agh. and var. fissifolium Grun.—Known only 
from these islands. 
