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bulletin of the bureau of fisheries. 
Family StieophoracEze. 
Stilophora rhizodes (Turner) J. Agardh. 
Occasional, attached to the base of Zostera below 
low-water mark. Dredged by the Survey in 
2 y 2 to 5 fathoms, over sandy and stony bottoms 
at stations 130 and 13 1 off the east shore in the 
upper portion of Buzzards Bay. 
Washed ashore at Nobska, Waquoit (Farlow). 
Buzzards Bay: Inshore — Gunning Point, i3oand 
13 1 many on dark-colored dead Zostera. 
Summer. 
Farlow, 1873, p. 285, Waquoit. 
Family RaeFsiacE^E- 
Ralfsia clavata (Carmichael) Farlow. 
Abundant, on stones and shells at low-water 
mark. Dredged by the Survey in 3 to 12 fath- 
oms, over sandy, shelly, and gravelly bottoms. 
Widely scattered at the inshore stations in 
Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. 
Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge, Eel Pond, Ram 
Island, Little Harbor. Buzzards Bay shore. 
Tarpaulin Cove. 
Buzzards Bay: Lower portion — 7671, few. In- 
shore — Cuttyhunk 102 and 103, few; Gull 
Island 115 and 116, many; Weepeckets 108, 
few; Uncatena 117, few on shells; Penzance 
123, few; Quisset 128, many; Gunning Point 
131, many; West Falmouth 132, many; 137, 
one; Hog Island Point 134, many; Sconticut 
Neck 163, few; Mishaum Point 167, many. 
Vineyard Sound: Narrow portion — 7524 bis, one. 
Easterly portion — 7780, few. Inshore — Gay 
Head 56, few; 57, many; 58 and 59, few; also 
off Devils Bridge August 17, 1903, many; 
Menemsha Bight July 17, 1905, haul 3, few; 
Marthas Vineyard 52, 61, 62, and 63, few; 65, 
many; 66 and 68, few; 69, 73, 74, 76 and 77, 
many. 
Summer. 
Farlow, 1881, p. 88, Woods Hole. 
Ralfsia -verrucosa (Areschoug) J. Agardh. 
Common, on stones near low-water mark. 
Woods Hole : Grassy Ledge, Little Harbor. Tar- 
paulin Cove. 
Summer. 
Family LaminariacEZE. 
A gar um Turned Postels & Ruprecht. 
Occasional. 
Washed ashore at Gay Head. 
Summer. 
Alaria esculenta ( Linnaeus) Greville. 
Occasionally washed ashore at Gay Head. 
Summer. 
Chorda filum (Linnseus) Stackhouse. [Chart 234.] 
Common, on stones and shells below low-water 
mark. Dredged by the Survey in 2 to ^fath- 
oms, over sandy bottoms. A scattered dis- 
tribution in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard 
Sound. 
Woods Hole: Great Harbor, Grassy Ledge, en- 
trance to Eel Pond, Little Harbor off Juniper 
Point. Black Rock. 
Buzzards Bay: Lower portion — 7656, one. In- 
shore — Cuttyhunk 100, 101, and 102, few; Gull 
Island 116, many; Naushon 91 and 96, few; 
Weepeckets 108, few; Gunning Point 13 1, few. 
Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion — 7571, 7567 
and 7591, few. Narrow portion — 7542 bis, one; 
7551, 7557 and 7559, few. Inshore — Robinsons 
Hole 21, many; 22, few; Quicks Hole 29, 
many; Gay Head 50 and 51, patches in shal- 
low water; 47 and 49, few; Menemsha Bight 53 
and 54, few; Marthas Vineyard 73, few. 
Drifted fragments, 757 3, 7676, 7688, 7706, 7710, 
773 °. 773 U 7733 . 77 S 4 - 
Summer. 
Chorda tomentosa Lyngbye. 
Common, on piles of wharves, stones, and shells 
below low- water mark. 
Woods Bole: Piles of steamboat wharf, entrance 
to Eel Pond, Grassy Ledge. 
Spring. 
Laminaria Agardhii Ivjellman. Kelp, devils apron. 
[Chart 235.] 
Common, on wharves, stones, and shells below 
low-water mark. Dredged by the Survey in 
2 to 17 fathoms, over sandy, shelly, and stony 
bottoms. Chiefly in the lower portion of Buz- 
zards Bay, but widely distributed through 
Vineyard Sound. 
Woods Hole: Great Harbor, entrance to Eel 
Pond, off Grassy Ledge in ship channel. 
Wharf at Gay Head. 
Buzzards Bay: Upper portion— 7653 and 7654, 
few. Lower portion— 7656 and 7657, many; 
7660, one; 7662, two; 7663, few. Inshore — 
Cuttyhunk 101 and 104, few; Gull Island 115 
and 116, few. Drifted fragments, 7617, 7619, 
7637, 7638, 7672, (1907), 78, 79, 80, 82, 99. 
Vineyard Sound: .Westerly portion— 7581 (1907), 
one; 7582, 7583, 7584, 75 88 - 75 8 9 . 7592 . 7593 . 
7595 and 7599, few; 7677, 7702, 7703, 7706, one 
each; 7718, verymany; 7719, one; 7728, few. 
Narrow portion — 7524 bis, one; 7525 bis, many; 
7532 bis, 7533 bis, 7536, 7541, one each; 7557, 
few; 7732, one; 7739, few; 7740, few; 7749. 
few. Easterly portion— 7755, one; 7767, few; 
7775, one; 7776, one. Inshore — Woods Hole 
