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MR. H. K. BIDLEY ON THE 





Turfy spots on the promontory .between Chaloupe Bay and San 



nfnnin TW • f\n fTiA ton nf tlift cliffs onoosite the Erade : and 



very abundant and tall in Leao Bay, behind the Fort. 



The minute flowers are of intense deep blue, rarely white. 



Distribution. 

 South America. 



and perhaps introduced thence into 



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Desmodium (§ Nioolsonia) barbatum, Be nth. in Miq. PI. 

 Jungh. i. p. 224, et in Mart. PI. Bras. xv. 1. p. 95. — Hedysarum 

 barbatum, L. Sp. PI. p. 1055. 



On the sides of Morro branco, and also on the eastern slope of 

 Look-out Hill. 



In both of these localities the soil was phonolite altered by 

 contact with basalt ; and it was never found except on this rock. 

 Flowers brilliant blue. 



Distribution. East Indies ; also all parts of tropical America. 



D. spibale, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 332. 



Very common among thickets in Chaloupe Bay and the entrance 

 to the Sapate. Also plentiful on Rat Island. Flowers white or 













yellow. 



Moseley 













Mart 



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xv. 1. p. 98. 



On the top of the cliff between Chaloupe Bay and San Antonio 

 Bay. Also common along the path through the Sapate. Flowers 

 roae-pink. 



Distribution. All trooical countries. 









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Abeus precatobius, Linn. Syst. ed. xii. p. 472. 

 Very common on the Sapate, and also on the cliffs between 

 Chaloupe Bay and San Antonio Bay. 



Distribution. Throughout the tropics generally. 















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Eeythbina atjbantiaca 

 Arbor 20-30-Dedalis. 



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diametro 9-12 uncias. Cortex lseris, 



atro-brunneus. Coma patula ramosa. 



Cami juvenes atn pulveru- 

 atris nonnunauam bifidis 







tecti. Folia trif oliolata, glauca, vetusta glabra, ad 7 unciaa longaj 



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