s i\ . 1881 Ki7 Trans Rot 8oc Can ida 



XIV. Mart ■ .1 S />' nsi0tc&. By Geo. U. Hat. IIV/A an Appendix contain- 



iiKj <i List oj tht Marim Alga of tJu Maritime Provinces of ifu Dominion 



tada, with Not* 9. By Geo. Y . Hat, Ph. Ik. St. John, and A. II. M u 

 K v . B A . B Sc . Y. S. Sc, Principal of Pictou Academy, N S. 



mmnnicated by Mr. .1. 1 letn her, May 25, I- 



The following paper includes observations thai have been mad.' on the marine sVlgaa 

 N •. Brunswick during the past i\\<> years, together with Borne remarks <>n their 

 nomic value, the occurrence of some rare Bpecies, etc. The localities visited have been 

 various points on the southern shore of New Brunswick, including the Island of Grand 

 sfanan, and the 1 m uaquel and Trai adie, with the Island- of Shippegan and Mi- on 



on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. To this is appended a preliminary list of the marine Algae 

 of the Maritime Provinces, which the writer, with the assistance of Mr. A II. afacKay, 

 of Pictou, li 'iily compiled for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick. Tin- 



list includes some eighty species of marine Algae, which, with the exception of an Intro- 

 troductory List of New Brunswick Algae, published I>y the writer in L886. is the Rrsl 

 attempt to arrange our Algic flora in such a form as shall lead to a closer investigation of 

 these interesting plants, and stimulate further study in this direction. No Diatomaceous 

 or other microscopic forms are included in the subjoined list, bul only those which may 

 be easily detected by the eye, including chiefly the larger forms and those parasitic npon 

 them. I mentioned in Dr. Farlow's " Marine Algae of New England," there 



have been observed, up t<> this time, on the shores of the Maritime Provinces, over eighty 



The marine Mora of the Maritime Provinces Is essentially Arctic in character, as may 



be inferred from their boreal position and their exposure to cold currents from the Arctic 



In t: New Brunswick, the paucity of the more delicate Bpecies of Algse 



• r chiefly in two ways: — 



tion of the tides on the Bouthern Bhore, as they sweep in and out of the 



ol Fundy esible for any bul the stronger fovms t<> maintain 



th- ■:. in sheltered coves, and Buch favored positions are rare on thii 



tlities (Prye's Island) in the neighborhood of Passamaquoddy I 

 - thirty species were collected in July. 18$ 

 _ The low sand [tending into the Gulf of Si L • nol furnish a 



a favorabl- '. _ A marked exception t" this, however, was found on 



uid Shippegan, jus! within Bay Ohaleura, where, a! 

 d interestin ies nol observed on the southern 



shores. Th.'s-' ! t<. in another ; per. 



Th rise, which make npthe great hulk of <>ur A !■_■ distributed 



N ■ Brunswi k. Tie- Puci occur between tide 

 ma: in this position in g mdan d ithern coast, wh 



