498 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Marine Algae. 



Fam. ENCOELIACEAE. 



AsPEROcoccus, Lamouroux. 

 Distribution. — Probably all temperate seas. 



Asperococcus echinatus, Greville. 



Asperococcus echinatus, Grev., Alg. Brit., p. 50, 1830 ; Hook. f. & Harv., Fl. 

 Antarct., vol. i, p. 180, 1847. 



Lord Auckland Group ; Hooker. (Europe, King George's Sound, Western 

 Australia.) 



The specimens from habitats in the Southern Hemisphere are much in need 

 of re -identification. It is quite possible that the plant obtained is distinct from 

 the northern form. Such a species as Corycus prolifer, Kjellman, might even pos- 

 sibly have been confused with the northern As'perococcus echinatus. 



Fam. LAMINARIACEAE. 

 Chorda, Stackhouse, 1795-1801. 

 Distribution. — All temperate seas. 



Chorda lomentaria, Lyngbye. 



Chorda lomentaria, Lyngb., Tent. Hydroph. Danic, p. 74, tab. 18, 1819 ; 

 Hook. f. & Harv., Fl. Nov. Zel., ii, 218, 1855. 



Auckland Islands ; Hooker, J. C. S. (Atlantic, Mediterranean, Southern and 

 Subantarctic Oceans.) 



Adenocystis, Hook. f. & Harv., 1845. 



Distribution. — Subantarctic South America, South Georgia, Kerguelen Land, 

 Tasmania, New Zealand, Auckland and Campbell Islands, South Orkney Islands, 

 Graham Land. 



Adenocystis utricularis (Bory), Hook. f. & Harv. 



Asperococcus utricularis, Bory in d'Urville, " Flore des Malouines," p. 594, 1826. 

 A. Lessonii, Bory, " Voyage de la Coquille," Botanique, p. 199, 1828. 

 Adenocystis Lessonii, Hook. f. & Harv., Fl. Antarct., vol. i, p. 179, 

 1847. 



Auckland Islands ; Hooker, H. M. L. Campbell Island ; Hooker, R. M. L. 

 (Distribution as for the genus.) 



Specimens were not brought back, but the species was observed both at Camp- 

 bell Island and at the Aucklands. 



Lessonia, Bory, 1828. 



Distribution. — Sea of Ochotsk, Tahiti (? growing), Patagonia, Falkland Islands, 

 South Georgia, Kerguelen Land, Heard Island, Graham Land. 



