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no. 727 (lib. Gr.). Indefatigable Isl. : Baur ; northern part, 

 Snodgrass & Heller, no. 652 (hb. Gr.). Jervis Isl.: Baur, no. 81 

 (hb. Gr.). Not noticed by Darwin and the earlier collectors, and found 

 only on one island (Charles) by Andersson ; hence probably a recently 

 introduced although now generally distributed plant in the islands. 

 Further distrib. general in trop. and sub-trop. Am. 



D. spirale, DC. Prodr. ii. 332 (1825) ; Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. 

 pt. 1, 105; Rob. & Greenm. (1), 146. D. tenuiculum, DC. Prodr. ii. 

 33-3 (1825); Anderss. (1), 249, & (2), 1 10. — Albemarle Isl.: 

 Tagus Cove, tolerably common in shady places, from the beach to 

 300 m. alt., Snodgrass & Heller, no. 193 (hb. Gr.). Bindloe Isl.: 

 Baur (hb. Gr.). Charles Isl. : on dry places of middle region, 

 Andersson; Snodgrass & Heller, no. 444 (hb. Gr.). Gardner Isl.: 

 Snodgrass & Heller, no. 644 (hb. Gr.). Hood Isl. : Snodgrass & 

 Heller, no. 734 (hb. Gr.). James Isl. : on rocks near beach, Snodgrass 

 & Heller, no. 379 (hb. Gr. ). Seymour Isl.: south, Snodgrass & 

 Heller, no. 609 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. Mex., W. Ind., trop. 

 S. Am. 



D. uncinatum, DC. Prodr. ii. 331 (1825) ; Rob. & Greenm. (1), 

 146. — Chatham Isl.: southwest end, middle region, Baur, no. 93 

 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. N. Am., S. Am. 



Erythrina, L. 



E. velutina, Willd. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schr. iii. 426 (1801) ; 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. lx. t. 3227; Rob. & Greenm. (1), 146. —James 

 Isl.: James Bay, Baur, no. 72 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. S. Am., 

 W. Ind. This is doubtless the red-seeded tree mentioned in Nature, 

 vi. 353 as observed on James Island by the members of the Hassler 

 expedition. 



Galactea, P. Br. 



G. Jusstaeana, Kunth, var. volubilis, Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. 

 pt. 1, 143 (1859). G. velutina, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. ii. 59 

 (1840); Anderss. (2), 111. Phaseolus tomentosus, Anderss. (1), 250. — 

 Albemarle Isl. : Iguana Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 63 (lib. 

 Gr.) ; Tagus Cove, not common, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 208 (hb. 

 Gr.). Charles Isl.: Andersson. Chatham Isl. : A ndersson (hb. Gr.). 

 Indefatigable Isl. : northern part, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 666 

 (hb. Gr.). Narborough Isl. : northern part, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 



