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Snodgrass & Heller, no. 478 (hb. Gr.). Charles Isl. : from this island 

 Professor Caruel (1), 624, reports a spiny shrub collected by Chierchia 

 and supposed to belong to the Rhamnaceae. It may well have been 

 this species. Chatham Isl. : woods near shore, Andersson ; southwest 

 end, lower region, Baur. Duncan Isl.; not common, ace. to Mr. 

 Heller. Hood Isl. : Baur, (hb. Gr.), juvenile form with serrate leaves. 

 Indefatigable Isl. : north coast, ace. to Mr. Heller. James Isl. : 

 James Bay, near beach in sand, ace. to Mr. Heller. Seymour Isl. : 

 north, uncommon, ace. to Mr. Heller; south, abundant, Snodgrass & 

 Heller, no. 608 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. collected by Dr. Baur at 

 Posorja on the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador, where perhaps introduced 

 from the islands. 



VITACEAE. 



Cissus, L. 



C. sictoides, L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 897 (1760). Vitis sicyoides, 

 Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 83 (1863-1864). — Albemarle 

 Isl. : Iguana Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, nos. 26, 45, 89, 101 (all in 

 hb. Gr.). Bindloe Isl. : common near the shore, ace. to field notes of 

 Mr. Heller. Charles Isl. : Lee (hb. U. S. Nat. Mus.). Narborough 

 Isl. : bordering beaches, ace. to Mr. Heller. Further distrib. Mex., 

 W. Ind., S. Am., southward to Paraguay. 



Vitis, L. 



V. vinifera, L. Sp. 202 (1753); Caruel (1), 623. — Charles Isl.: 

 in sterile state, Chierchia ace. to Caruel. Probably introduced through 

 cultivation. Further distrib. Old World. 



TILIACEAE. 



CORCHORUS, L. 



C. pilobolus, Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. ii. 72 (1822); Jacq. Eel. 

 t. 163 as C. oullatus. — Galapagos Ids. : Habel? Albemarle Isl.: 

 Snodgrass & Heller, no. 90. Gardner Isl. : Snodgi-ass & Heller, 

 no. 645 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. trop. S. Am., AV. Ind., Mex. 



Triumfetta, L. 



T. semitriloba, Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 22 (1762), Stirp. Am. 147, 

 & Hort. Vindob. ill. t. 16. — Albemarle Isl. : Iguana Cove, Snodgrass 

 & Heller, nos. 69, 70, 107, 858, 859 (all in hb. Gr.). Further distrib. 

 general in trop. and subtrop. Am. 



