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glabro. — Herbula ramulis ad 3 cm. longis et circa 1 mm. crassis, dense 

 pilosulis. Folioruin litnbi in sicco membranacei ad 7 mm. longi et 

 ad 3|- mm. luti. Amenta coufertitiora in sicco rufescentia pedunculis 

 3 mm. lon'ris, rhachis glabra. Ovarium sessile.'' — Albemarle Isl. : 

 Iguana Cove, on trees and bushes, SnodgiXiss & Heller, no. 130 (hb. 

 Gr. and hb. C. DC). Endemic. 



P. nov. sp. — Albemarle Isl. : mountain east of Tagus Cove, alt. 

 925 m., Snodgrass & Heller, no. 232 (lib. Gr.). Determined by Mr. 

 Casimir de Candolle. Endemic. 



P. sp. Rob. & Greenm. (1), 148. — Chatham Isl.: Baur. (Spec- 

 imen not in hb. Gr. but sent as unicate to hb. Clark Univ.). 



URTICACEAE. 



Fleurya, Gaud. 



^ F. AESTDANS, Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 497 (1826): Anderss. (2), 

 58. F. aestuans, var. tnberculata (poorly marked), Wedd. in DC. 

 Prodr. xvi. pt. 1, 72 (1869); Rob. & Greenm. (1), 148. F. cordata. 

 Gaud. 1. c. 498, & Bot. Bonite, t. 83; Wedd. Arch. Mus. ix. 110; 

 Anderss. (2), 57. ? Urtica canadensis, Hook. f. (3), 182 ; Anderss. 

 (1), 160 ; not L. U. divaricata, Hook. f. (3), 181; Anderss. (1), 159 ; 

 not L. U. latifolia, & tubercidata, Anderss. (1), 159, & (2), 57, 58. 

 U. racemosa, Anderss. (2), 57. ? Laportea canadensis, Anderss. (2), 

 58, not Gaud. — Albemarle Isl. : Iguana Cove, Snodgrctss & Heller, 

 nos. 55 (hb. Gr.), 100 (hb. Gr.) ; southern portion, Baur, no. 240 

 (hb. Gr.) ; Tagus Cove, tolerably common in shady places from the 

 beach to 300 m. alt., S7iodgrass & Heller, no. 186 (hb. Gr.). Charles 

 Isl.: Darwin; Andersson (hb. Gr.). Chatham Isl.: Snodgrass & 

 Heller, no. 525 (hb. Gr.). James Isl. : Darwin, ace. to Anderss. 1. c, 

 under Laportea canadensis, but not mentioned by Hooker f. ; James 

 Bay, abundant in lava soil under bushes, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 375 

 (hb. Gr.). Narborough Isl.: southern portion, Siwdgrass & Heller, 

 no. 339 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. trop. S. Am. 



Parietaria, L. 



P. DEBiLis, G. Forst. Fl. Ins. Aust. Prodr. 73 (1786). P. floridana. 

 Hook. f. (3), 182 (see Wedd. Arch. Mus. ix. 516); Anderss. (1), 160, 

 & (2), 58. — Charles IsL. : Darwin, James Isl. : Darwin. Further 

 distrib. trop. Am., Asia, Pacific Ids. 



