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Sargassum C. Ag.
The author has removed from the list several of Laing's species. which seem to be either superfluous or their presence in N.Z. waters too questionable.
Sargassum lacerifolium (Turn.) C. Ag. (1821), p. 15.
This is one of Capra's records, but is being retained to represent
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the wide-leaved plants that are occasionally thrown up after storms at Bluff and Stewart Is.
Loc. distr.: Bluff, Stewart Is. (Mrs. Willa).
Geogr. distr.: Australia, Tasmania, N.Z.
Sargassum sinclairii H. et H. (1845), p. 522; V. W. L. (1939), II, No. 34.
This seems to be the common species of our coasts, inhabiting deepish water in the Far North, but in shallows, farther south; common in Taranaki in a foot of water at low tide.
Loc. distr.: All along the coasts; Stewart Is., Chathams. Endemic.
Sargassum spinuligerum Sond. (1845), p. 51; V. W. L. (1939), I, No. 11.
Plant with narrow rachis covered more or less abundantly with spines.
Loc. distr.: Bay of Islands and the Far North (V. W. L.).
Geogr. distr.: Malay Archipelago, Polynesia, Australia, N.Z.
*Sargassum undulatum J. Ag. (1872–90), p. 67.
A coarser, wider-leaved plant than S. sinclairii, occupying the littoral fringe and lagoons.
Loc. distr.: Bay of Islands and North Auckland (V. W. L.).
Geogr. distr.: Australia, Tasmania, N.Z.
Sargassum verruculosum (Mert.) J. Ag. (1870), p. 12; V. W. L. (1946), X, No. 237.
Plants with almost filiform leaves arranged in fascicles alternately, but wide-spaced along the stem.
Loc. distr.: Southern: Stewart Is. (Mrs. Willa); Dusky Sound, Otago Harbour, Kaikoura (Laing).
Geogr. distr.: Australia, Tasmania, N.Z.