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BULLETIN OB THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Fucus vesiculosus — Continued. 
Woods Hole: Great Harbor, Grassy Ledge, Ram 
Island, Devils Foot Island, Juniper Point, Lit- 
tle Harbor. Gay Head 50 and 51 (large form 
without bladders). Black Rock. 
Buzzards Bay: Drifted fragments, 7629, 7636, 
7651 (1907), 82. 
Vineyard Sound: Drifted fragments, 7523, 7525 
bis, 7588, 7728, 7730, 7749, 29. 
At all seasons. 
Fucus vesiculosus var. laterifructus Greville. 
Common, on stones between tide marks. 
Woods Hole: Devils Foot Island. 
At all seasons. 
Fucus vesiculosus forma limicola Collins. 
Common, on muddy shores and flats near high- 
water mark. 
Woods Hole: Little Harbor, Devils Foot Island, 
Ram Island. Mattapoisett (Collins). 
Spring, summer. 
P. B.-A., fas. xxni, no. 1133, Mattapoisett, Sep- 
tember 14, 1902 (F. S. Collins). 
Fucus vesiculosus var. sphtzrocarpus Far low. 
Occasional, on flat rocks well above low-tide 
mark. 
Woods Hole. Gay Head at stations 50 and 51, 
on flat rocks. Black Rock. 
Spring, summer. 
Fucus vesiculosus var. spiralis Farlow. 
Occasional, above low-water mark, frequently 
unattached over muddy or grassy bottom. 
Woods Hole: Little Harbor. 
Spring, summer. 
Sargassum bacciferum (Turner) J. Agardh. 
Occasional, floating in Vineyard Sound. 
Summer. 
This plant is believed to come from the Gulf 
Stream, being carried into the waters of Vine- 
yard Sound after heavy storms. 
Sargassum Filipendula Agardh. [Chart 238.] 
Common, attached to rocks and stones below 
low-water mark. Dredged by the Survey in 
2J2 to 15 fathoms, over sandy, shelly, and 
stony bottoms. Common in the upper portion 
Sargassum Filipendula — Continued. 
of Buzzards Bay along the easterly shore, and 
widely distributed throughout the narrow and 
easterly portion of Vineyard Sound. 
Woods Hole: Entrance to Eel Pond, off Juniper 
Point. Hadley Harbor. Black Rock. 
Buzzards Bay: Upper portion — 7630(1907), few*; 
7632, one ; 7639 and 7654, few. Lower portion — 
7657, few. Inshore — Gull Island 116, few; Un- 
catena 1 17, many; Penzance 123, many; Quisset 
128 and 129, few; 130, many; Gunning Point 
13 1, many on sulphur sponges; West Falmouth 
132, one; Hog Island Point 134, many; Hog 
Island Harbor 135, few; North Falmouth 136, 
few; 137, many; 138, two; Nyes Neck 141, 
many; Cataumet Harbor 142, few; Scraggy 
Neck 145, few; Bassetts Island 146, few; 
Wings Neck 147 and 148, few. Drifted frag- 
ments, 7621 (1907), 7626, 7627, 7628, 7629, 7633, 
7634, 7636, 7638, 7661, 150, 151, 152, 159, 165. 
Vineyard Sound: Narrow portion — 7525 bis and 
7533 bis, few; 7537, one; 7554, 7555 and 7557, 
few; 7740, two; 7742, 7744, 7749, 7750, 7753, 
one each. Easterly portion — 7755, one; 7760, 
few; 7761 (1907), few; 7763, 7764, 7766, and 
7767, few; 7772, 7775, 7776, 7778, one each; 
7780, 7781 and 7783, few. Inshore — passage of 
Woods Hole 121, few; Nonamesset 1, one; 8, 
one; Menemsha Bight July 17, 1905, haul 1, 
one; Marthas Vineyard 73 and 77, few; Vine- 
yard Haven 7761, many; 7762, few. Drifted 
fragments, 7523, 7532, 7546, 7550 bis, 7581, 7599, 
7701, 7728, 7729, 7730, 7733, 7751, 7759, 7782, 
118. 
At all seasons, but most luxuriant in the summer 
when it fruits abundantly. 
Farlow, 1873, p. 283, 284, ( Sargassum vulgare 
Agardh), Woods Hole; Farlow, 1875, p.353 
( Sargassum vulgare), Woods Hole; P. B.-A., 
fas. d, no. xcvn, Juniper Point (Butlers Point), 
Woods Hole, August 15, 1904 (F. S. Collins). 
Sargassum Filipendula var. subedentatum J . Agardh 
Occasional, attached to stones below low- water 
mark. 
Woods Hole. 
, Summer. 
