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S. n. sp. ? — Albemarle Isl. : Iguana Cove, below 300 m. alt., Snod- 

 grass & Heller^ no. 856 (hb. Gr.) ; 300 to 600 m. alt., Snodgrass & 

 Heller, no. 869 (hb. Gr.) ; Tagus Cove, 1230 na. alt., Snodgrass & Heller, 

 no. 875 (hb. Gr.). Differing from all the other species in its large 

 broadly ovate more or less cordate subentire leaves. Unfortunately 

 all the specimens are sterile so that there is a slight doubt as to the 

 genus. Endemic. 



SONCHUS, L. 



S. OLERACEDS, L. Sp. 794 (1753). — Albemarle Isl. : Snodgrass & 

 Heller, no. 908 (hb. Gr.); Iguana Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 50 

 (hb. Gr.). Charles Isl. : Snodgrass & Heller, no. 404 (hb. Gr.). 

 Cosmop. weed. 



Spilanthes, L. 



S. AcMELLA, Murr. Syst. ed. 13, 610 (1774); Hook. f. (4), 261; 

 Anderss. (1), 188, & (2), 74. — Charles Isl.: Edmonston, ace. to 

 Hook, f., 1. c. Narborough Isl. : southern part, Snodgrass & Heller, 

 no. 315 (hb. Gr.). Sterile and doubtful. Widely distrib. in trop. reg. 



S. DIFFUSA, Hook. f. (3), 214; Anderss. (1), 188, & (2), 74.— 

 Charles Isl. : Darwin. James Isl.: in a smaller form, Darwin, ace. 

 to Hook, f., 1. c. Endemic. 



Tagetes, L. 



T. erecta, L. Sp. 887 (1753); Caruel (1), 623. — Chatham Isl.: 

 Chierchia, ace. to Caruel, 1. c. Widely distrib. in warm reg. as a 

 result of cult. 



