172 HAY ON MARINE ALG^ 



28. E. confervoides, (Roth.) Le Jolis. P. E. Island, Jeans. Var. SILICULOSUS, Kjellman. 



Pictou, Mac Kay ; Frye's Island, Caraquet, Miscou, Hay. 



29. E. littoralis, Lyngb. Pictou, MacKay ; Grand Manan, Miscou, Shippegan, Hay. 



30. E. FASCICULATUS, Harv. Caraquet Bay, Hay. 



31. E. brachiatus, Harv. P. E. Island, Jeans. 



32. Ectocarpus, sp. A still undefined species. Shippegan Island, Hay. 



33. Elachistea fucicola, Fries. Pictou, MacKay; Halifax, Harvey; Frye's Island, 



Miscou, G-rand Manan, Hay. 



34. Leathesia DlFFORMis, (Linn.) Areschoug. Halifax, Harvey. 



35. Chordaria flagelliformis, Ag. Pictou, MacKay; Halifax, Harvey ; Frye's Island, 



Caraquet, Hay. 



36. Mesogloia DIVARICATA, Kutz. Pictou, MacKay ; Frye's Island, Hay. 



37. M. VERMICULARIS, Ag. Halifax, Harvey. 



38. Castagnea Zosters, (Mohr.) Thurel. Halifax, Harvey. 



39. Chorda filtjm, Linn. Pictou, MacKay ; Frye's Island, Gulf Shore, Fowler, Hay. 



40. Laminaria longicrtjris, De la Pyl. Halifax, MacKay and Harvey. Stipes three or 



four yards long have been observed. Prof. Lawson, of Dalhousie College, says that 

 on taking charge, of chemistry on his arrival at Halifax he could get no rubber 

 tubing in the city. "While his order was coming, he used the hollow stipes of this 

 seaweed, which is always cast up in abundance on the Halifax coast, and found 

 it to answer splendidly for the conduction of gas, MacKay. Around Grand 

 Manan and the southern coast of New Brunswick the forms of Laminarise are 

 variable and confusing, the two following species (L. saccharina and L. digituta) 

 being most abundant, Hay. 



41. L. SACCHARINA, (Linn) Lamx. ? Pictou, MacKay ; Halifax, Prof. Lawson ; Frye's Island, 



Grand Manan, Hay ; Gulf of St. Lawrence, Foioler. 



42. L. digitata, Lamx. Pictou, MacKay; Halifax, Harvey, Lawson; Grand Manan, flay. 



43. Saccorhiza DERMAT0DEA,7)e la Pyl. Halifax, Harvey ; Grand Manan, Hay. 



44. Agartjm Ttjrneri, Post, and Ri/pr. Halifax, MacKay, Harvey, Lawson ; Grand Manan 



and Frye's Island, Hay. 



45. Alaria esculenta, Grev. Halifax, MacKay, Harvey, Lawson; Grand Manan, Hay. This 



species is used as food in Scotland and Ireland, where it is called badder-locks, 

 henware, murlins, and also in Iceland, but it is not eaten with us, Dr. Farlow. 



