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Bay, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 374 (hb. Gr.). Seymour Isl. : south, 

 Snodgrass & Heller, no. 583 (hb. Gr.). Endemic. 

 ' I. Habeliana, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. t. 1099 (1871). /. sp. Rose (1), 

 137. — BiNDLOE IsL. : Siiodgi'ass & Heller, no. 759 (hb. Gr.). Dun- 

 can Isl. : A. Agassiz (hb. U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; Snodgrass & Heller, 

 no. 712 (hb. Gr.). Gardner Isl. : Snodgrass & Heller, no. 616 (hb. 

 Gr.). Hood Isl. : Habel (hb. Kew) ; Snodgrass & Heller, no. 751 

 (hb. Gr.). Tower Isl.: Snodgrass & Heller, no. 799 (hb. Gr.). 

 Endemic. A peculiar species with entire ovate-lanceolate attenuate 

 glabrous leaves 12 to 18 cm. long, oblong obtuse sepals and a tubular 

 corolla 9 to 15 cm. long. I am indebted to Dr. H. Hallierof Hamburg 

 for his examination of this species. 



I. KiNBERGi, Anderss. (1), 212, & (2), 88; Rob. & Greenm. (1), 

 147. — Galapagos Ids. : Habel. Abingdon Isl. : jSnodgi-ass & Hel- 

 ler, no. 839 (hb. Gr.). Chatham Isl. : Andersson. Indefatigable 

 Isl.: Andersson ; south of Conway Bay, Baur, no. 195 (hb. Gr.) ; 

 northern part, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 674 (hb. Gr.). Jervis Isl.: 

 Baur, no. 196 (hb. Gr.). Tower Isl.: Snodgrass & Heller, no. 801 

 (hb. Gr.). Wenman Isl.: Snodgrass & Heller, no. 5 (hb. Gr.). 

 Endemic. 



I. linearifolia, Hook. f. (3), 204 ; Anderss. (1), 212, & (2), 88.— 

 James Isl. : Darwin, ace. to Hook. f. Endemic. Secured by no other 

 collector. Ascribed in the Index Kewensis to the Cape Verde Ids. 



I. Nil, Roth, Catalect. i. 36 (1797). /. acuminata, Morong & 

 Britt. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. vii. 169 (1893); Rob. & Greenm. (1), 

 147; not R. &, S. Pharbitis Nil, Choisy, IMem. Soc. Phys. Genev. vi. 

 441 (1833). — Charles Isl.: Snodgrass & Heller, no. 418 (hb. Gr). 

 Chatham Isl. : southwestern end, lower region, Baur, no. 200 (lib. 

 Gr.) ; Snodgrass & Heller, no. 511 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. general 

 in warm regions. 



An indeterminate Iporaoea from Indefatigable Isl., mentioned and 

 briefly described by Andersson (1), 214, & (2), 88, may well have been 

 this species. 



' I. pentaphtlla, Jacq. Coll. ii. 297 (1788), & Ic. PI. Rar. ii. 10, 

 t. 319 ; Rob. & Greenm. (1), 147. Batatas j^entajjhylla, Choisy, Mem. 

 Soc. Phys. Genev. vi. 408 (1833); Anderss. (1), 214, & (2), 89. 

 Merreraia pentajihylla, Hallier in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 552 (1893). — 

 Abingdon Isl. : Snodgrass & Heller, no. 846 (lib. Gr.). Charles 

 Isl. : Andersson. Chatham Isl. : Andersson. Duncan Isl. : Snod- 



