180 Dr. J. D. Hooker's Enumeration of the Plants 



Rather a small state of a very common tropical weed. Stems 6-8 inches. 

 Leaves elliptical-ovate, an inch long, the surface and margin minutely hispid. 

 Sheaths of the leaves ciliated along the upper edge. 



Hypoxide^. 



69. HVPOXIS ERECTA, Willd. 



Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



I cannot distinguish these from United States specimens : they also very 

 closely resemble others from the Brazils. 



Orchide^. 



60. Epidendrum spicatum, Hook.jil.; caule compresso simplici folioso, foliis 



alternis distichis lineari-lanceolatis acutis rigidis, floribus spicatis, spica 

 nutante terminali, sepalis obovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 5-nerviis, petalis 

 sequilongis lineaii-spathulatis ; labello trilobo basi biauriculato disco in- 

 crassato callis 2 prominentibus instructo : lobis lateralibus venosis rotun- 

 datis marginibus eroso-crenatis intermedio bifido sinu quadrate. 

 Hah. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Radix fibrosa. Caulis spithamaeus, basi vaginis foliorum tectus, superne foliosus ; vaginis 

 compressis, striatis, f unc. longis, \ latis. Folia erecta, patentia, 3 unc. longa, | lata, 

 siccitate striata. Racemus 2-uncialis, terminalis, nutans, sub 10-florus; floribus paten- 

 tibus basi bracteatis ; bracteis follaceis, linearibus, acutis, infimis 1-2 unc. longis. Ova- 

 rium ^ unc, longum, curvatum. Sepala patentia, obovato-oblonga, acuminata, \ unc. 

 longa. Petala anguste linearia, spathulata, medio 1-nervia, sepalis aequilonga. Label- 

 lum diam. ^ unc. Columna cylindrica. 



DlCOTYLEDONES. 



Piperace^. 



61. Peperomia Galapagensis, Hook.fil.; caule elongato ramisque prostratis 

 tetragonis puberulis basi nudis, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis parvis brevi- 

 petiolatis oppositis 4-5nis elliptico-oblongis obtusis glabris ad apices 

 obtusos subpilosis coriaceis punctulatis, amentis plurimis plerisque ter- 

 minalibus erectis simplicibus pedunculatis foliis ^ v. bis longioribus. 



P. Galapagensis, Miquel in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 

 Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



