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Pilea, Lindl. 



P. Baurii, nov. sp., annua eiecta debilis ; caule glaberrimo rufo- 

 brunneo parce ramoso ; foliis oppositis graciliter petiolatis ovatis 3-nervis 

 acutis basi obtusis vel rotundatis obtuse serratis tenuibus supra viridibus 

 obscure adpresso-pubescentibus nervis leviter impressis subtus paullo 

 pallidioribus pubescentibus uervis plus minusve prominentibus ; stipulis 

 late ovatis apice rotundatis strigosis ; cymis masculis oppositis axillaribus 

 compositis quam petiolum multo brevioribus leviter recurvatis, foeminis 

 ignotis. — P. sp. Rob. & Greenm. (1), 148. — Charles Isl. : June, 

 1891, Baur, no. 241 (hb. Gr.). Chatham Isl.: southwest end, middle 

 region, June, 1891, Baur, no. 242 (hb. Gr.). Endemic. Leaves 1.7 to 

 4 cm. long, three-fourths as broad ; petioles 1.3 to 1.8 cm. long ; staminate 

 cymes 8 to 1 1 mm. long. A species with the habit and foliage much 

 as in P. pubescens, Poir., but the inflorescence of P. peploides, HBK. 

 Plate 2, fig. 1. 



P. muscosa, Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 4; Wedd. Arch. Mus. ix. 174. P. 

 succulenta, Hook. f. (3), 182 ; Anderss. (1), 1G0, & (2), 58 ; not Wedd. 

 (see Hook. f. & Jacks. Ind. Kew. i. 524). Parietaria microphylla, 

 L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1308 (1760). — James Isl.: Darwin, ace. to 

 Hook, f., 1. c. Further distrib. trop. S. Am., Mex., W. Ind. 



P. peploides, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 96 (1832) ; Hook. f. (3), 

 182; Wedd. Arch. Mus. ix. 179; Anderss. (1), 160, & (2), 58. Du- 

 breulia peploides, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 495 (1826). — James 

 Isl. : Darwin. Further distrib. Pacific Ids., Asia. 



LORANTHACEAE. 



Phoradendron, Nutt. 



P. florianum. Viscum florianum, Anderss. (1), 219, & (2), 92. — 

 Charles Isl. : in middle region, Andersson. Endemic. 



P. galapageium. Viscum galapageium, Hook. f. (3), 216; V. 

 galapagejum, Anderss. (1), 220, & (2), 92. — Galapagos Ids. : Hahel. 

 Chatham Isl. : Darwin ; Andersson. Endemic. 



P. Henslovii. Viscum Henslovii, Hook. f. (3), 216 ; Anderss. (1), 

 219, & (2), 92; Rob. & Greenm. (1), 148. — Abingdon Isl.: Snod- 

 grass & Heller, no. 825 (hb. Gr.). Albemarle Isl. : Iguana Cove, 

 Snodgrass & Heller, no. 40 (hb. Gr.) ; mountain east of Tagus Cove, 

 Snodgrass & Heller, no. 228 (hb. Gr.). Charles Isl. : Darwin. 



