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Isl. : James Bay, abundant, ace. to Mr. Heller. Nakborough Isl. : 

 southern part, common, Suodgrass & Heller, no. 340 (lib. Gr.). Tower 

 Isl. : common, 3 to 5 m. high, ace. to Mr. Heller. Further distrib. 

 Peru to U. S. Colombia, Mex., W. Iud. This is the Palo Santo of 

 the Galapagos Islands. 



B. malacophylla, nov. sp. B. graveolenti affinis; ramis crassis 

 li«-nosis Hstulusis a cortice griseo-brunueo tectis apice foliosis; foliis 7—9- 

 foliolatis ubique molliter tomentosis, petiolo gracili 2-3 cm. lougo, rachide 

 alato 4-5 cm. longo, aliis inter jugis inferioribus paulo dilatatis sub jugu 

 supremo in auriculis rotundatis ampliatis, foliolis ovato-oblongis crenatis 

 2-3 cm. longis basi obliquis apice rotundatis ; pedunculis fructiferis 3 vel 

 pluribus 9 cm. longis Minplicibus vel paulo rarnosis ; capsulis ovoideis 

 compressis glabris 1.2 cm. longis 8 mm. latis. — Seymour Isl.: south, 

 abundant, May, 1899, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 506 (hb. Gr.). Endemic. 

 Plate 1, fig. 2. A Palo Santo of North Seymour Isl., entered in Mr. 

 Heller's field notes as differing in foliage from the Palo Santo of the 

 other islands, was probably this, although the only specimens received 

 are labelled South Seymour. 



POLYGALACEAE. 



POLYGALA, L. 



P. Anderssonii. P. puherula, Anderss. (1), 232, & (2), 100; 

 Rob. & Greenm. (1), 145; not Gray. — Indefatigable Isl. : in dry 

 places on the sides of the mountain, Andersson ; south of Conway Bay, 

 Baur, no. 13 (hb. Gr.). Endemic. This species is omitted from Pro- 

 fessor Chodat's monograph. It is reduced by Mr. Bennett, Jour. Bot. 

 xvii. 204, but as I think erroneously, to P. galapageia. It is noteworthy 

 that both species occur upon the same island but no intergradation has 

 been observed in the matter of pubescence. 



P. galapageia, Hook. f. (3), 233 ; Bennett, Jour. Bot. xvii. 204 ; 

 Bob. & Greenm. (1), 145. P. galapageja, Anderss. (1), 232, & 

 (2), 100, t. 10, f. 1. P. galopagensis, Chodat, Monogr. Polyg. 230 

 (1893). P. chathamensk, Anderss. (1), 232, & (2), 99, t. 10, f. 3. P. 

 •insnlaris, Rob. & Greenm. (1), 145, in part. — Galapagos Ids. : Hubel. 

 Abingdon Isl. : Snodgrass & Heller, no. 844 (hb. Gr.). Albemarle 

 Isl. : Macrae ; eastern part, Cowley Bay, Baur, no. 12 (hb. Gr.) ; Tagus 

 Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, nos. 142, 177 (both in hb. Gr.). Bindloe 

 Isl. : Baur, no. 10 (hb. Gr.) ; Snodgrass & Heller, no. 7G3 (hi). Gr.). 

 Charles Isl.: Darwin; Andersson (hb. Gr.) ; Baur, no. 11 (hb. Gr.). 



