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Piccone (1886, 1889). However, while no attempt has been made to 

 make this a complete algal flora of the Galapagos Is., the only considerable 

 omissions are the new species recorded in Setchell's (loc. cit.) readily 

 accessible papers. 



The general character of these islands has been many times described, 

 probably most notably by Darwin, and the flora also by numerous visitors, 

 the accounts of Robinson ( 1902) , Howell ( 1934, 1942) , Svenson ( 1935 ) , 

 and Acosta Solis (1937) probably sufficing through their contents and 

 bibliographies to give an adequate introduction to anyone desiring to 

 search the literature dealing with the area. The paper of Stewart (1916) 

 describes the botanical conditions on each island. It would be presumptuous 

 for the writer to deal with the general floristics of the archipelago, or 

 with the general history of exploration there, on the basis of his brief 

 personal experience and specialized field of study. However, later he will 

 attempt some generalization with respect to his own particular interest, 

 the marine algae, which have otherwise been largely neglected by botani- 

 cal visitors. 



Some, but not all, of these islands have a legitimate Spanish name or 

 names, and in listing the species these have been adopted, but in the cases 

 of certain islands and minor sites no vernacular name could be located, 

 and so in these the English names on the U.S. Hydrographic Charts, par- 

 ticularly no. 823 and no. 1798, have been followed. 



IsLA Wenman29 



I. Culpepper is a little more northerly than I. Wenman, but was not 

 visited by the Hancock Expedition of 1934. These are the smallest and 

 most outlying independent islands of the archipelago, and are situated at 

 about 1° 30' N. L. I. Wenman itself is a bold and striking object, the 

 reported height being 830 feet. Approaching the anchorage from the 

 northwest and west one passes by a low, flat, outlying islet and a portion 

 of the main island which have abrupt, often vertical cliff shore lines, 

 probably without a landing place. On the south side of the anchorage 

 are one or two quite high, very abrupt-sided islets, one with a great hole 

 through it at the water's edge, which are likewise inaccessible. The main 

 island from the sea appears as a towering mass with great cliffs for the 

 most part dropping sharply toward the sea, and near the water's edge 

 about vertical. This massive rock face is somewhat curved, and in the 

 westward-facing concavity there is an anchorage which is good when the 



29 Ibid., p. 218, pi. 105. 



