澎湖的海藻

Marine Algae Collected From Penghu (Pescadores)

Penghu is composed of about 64 islets, situated between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland and is about 40 kilometers west of Taiwan. With regard to the marine algae of this area, only about 20 species had been reported in some fragmentary notes made by some Japanese algalogists. In the summer of 1960 the writer spent a few days on some of these islands collecting marine algae. The present study is based on the writer's own collection in those days. It contains 26 species. one variety and two forms, but it does not include a few species whose plants were too young to be identified. All specimens referred to in this paper are deposited in the Algae Herbarium of the National Taiwan University. The writer wishes to thank the Department of Botany, National Taiwan University for financial support during this trip.