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B. viscosa, Lag. & Rod. Anal. Cienc. Nat. iv. 256 (1801); 

 B. hirsute/, Hook. f. (3), 193; Choisy in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, 451, in 

 part; Anderss. (1), 170, & (2), 64; Rob. & Greeum. (1), 147; not 

 Jacq., nor L., nor Willd. B. diffusa, Anderss. (1), 171, & (2), 64, not 

 L. B. glandulosa, Anderss. (1), 171, & (2), 64. — Albemarle Isl. : 

 Macrae ; Andersson ; Tagus Cove, common in tufa soil up to 300 m., 

 Snodyrass & Heller, no. 170 (hb. Gr.) ; mountain east of Tagus Cove, 

 Snodgrass & Heller, no. 252 (hb. Gr.). Charles Isl. : in grassy, 

 stony places, Andersson (hb. Gr.) ; Lee (hb. U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; southwest 

 end lower region, Banr, no. 309 (hb. Gr.) ; Snodgrass & Heller, 

 no. 428 (hb. Gr.). Chatham Isl.: Andersson (hb. Gr.) ; Baur ; 

 Snodgrass & Heller, no. 543 (hb. Gr.). Gardner Isl. : Snodgrass & 

 Heller, no. 622 (hb. Gr.). Indefatigable Isl. : northern part, Snod- 

 grass & Heller, no. 670 (hb. Gr.). James Isl. : James Bay, on bluffs 

 near the beach, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 377 (hb. Gr.). Although I 

 have not seen original material of Andersson's B. glandidosa I find plants 

 from Albemarle collected by Messrs. Snodgrass & Heller, which corre- 

 spond so closely with Andersson's description that I cannot avoid the con- 

 clusion that they represent just what Andersson had. Nevertheless the 

 plants seem to be only starved and dwarfed B. viscosa, growing as 

 Andersson says in locis sterilissimis. Further distrib. S. W. United 

 States, Mex., W. S. Am. southward to Chili. 



Crtptocarpus, HBK. 



C. pyriformis, HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. ii. 188, t. 124 (1817); 

 Hook. f. (3), 193; Anderss. (1), 161, & (2), 58; Rob. & Greenm. (1), 

 147. — Galapagos Ids. : Edmonston (hb. Gr.) ; Babel. Albkmarle 

 Isl. : Elizabeth Bay, on lava fields near beach, Snodgrass & Heller, 

 no. 941 (hb. Gr.) ; Tagus Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 912 (hb. Gr.). 

 Barrington Isl. : Baur, ace. to Eob. & Greenm. 1. c. (specimen not in 

 hb. Gr., but sent to hb. Clark Univ.). Bindloe Isl. : Snodgrass & 

 Heller, no. 786 (hb. Gr. ). Charles Isl.. Baur, ace. to Rob. & 

 Greenm. 1. c. (specimen not in hb. Gr., but sent to hb. Clark Univ.). 

 Chatham Isl. : Darwin. Hood Isl. : Baur, no. 306 (hb. Gr.). 

 James Isl. : James Bay, Baur, no. 305 (hb. Gr.) ; forming dense 

 thickets 1 to 1.3 m. high on lava coast, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 372 

 (hb. Gr.). Narborough Isl. : east side, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 922 

 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. Ecuador, Bolivia. 



