Marine Algæ of New Zealand

Abstract

THE publication in the near future of a revised list o the Phseophyeese of New Zealand serves to emphasize the relative inadequacy of our knowledge the marine flora of antarctic waters, and it indites that there is a wide field open to research. The list will include a number of new species, and they will for ever stand as a tribute to the untiring labours of the author of the paper (Mr. W. V. Lin-dauer), who is one of the leading algologists in the southern hemisphere. In spite of the progress made as a result of Mr. Lindauer's labours, there is little doubt that still more species remain to be added to the algal flora of New Zealand. Some of these will be species already known from other parts of the world, but there will also be species new to science. The publication of this list should serve, among other things, to stimulate work in New Zealand on the validity of some of the species recorded, especially those characteristic of the northern hemisphere, for example, Cutleria multifida. Although this species is at present retained in the list, there is some doubt as to whether the Cutleria found in New Zealand is really this species or whether it is not an entirely different one. However, plants are not very common and appear to be variable, so that until further collections are available a decision cannot yet be made.