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uno paullo inferior! vel evoluto vel nullo ; bracteis ovatis glabriusculis 

 brevibus obtusis ; perigonio ovoideo-coiiico ; laciniis ovatis obtusis strami- 

 neis basi lanatis supra glabratis iiiduratis. — Narborough Isl. : south- 

 ern part, abundant at 600 m. alt., Snodgrass & Heller, March, 1899, no. 

 346 (hb. Gr.), and April, 1899, no. 322 (hb. Gr.). This species may 

 prove a variety of F. lanigera, Anderss., with which it shares many 

 characteristics. It is, however, taller, considerably more slender and less 

 lanate. The leaves are longer, narrower, and more acute, and the heads 

 smaller and in general fewer-flowered. 



Iresine, L. 



I. Edmonstonei, Hook. f. (3), 190; Moq.-Tand. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 

 pt. 2, 343; Anderss. (1), 164, «fe (2), 60. — Cpiarles Isl.: Daridn. 

 Endemic ? A plant in herb. Gray, labelled '' Iresine Eclmonstonei, 

 Hook, f . Guayaquil ? Mr. Edmonston," answers well to the description 

 of this species. 



Pleuropetalum, Hook. f. 



P. Darwixii, Hook. f. (1), t. 2, (3), 221, & Bot. Mag. cix. under 

 t. 6674, where second species is figured and genns is referred as by 

 Endlicher and by Moquin to Amarantaceae ; Anderss. (1), 225, & (2), 

 96. AllocMamys Daricinn, Moq.-Tand. in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, 463. 

 — Albemarle Isl. : Iguana Cove near beach, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 

 646 (hb. Gr.). James Isl.: Darwin. Endemic. The single specimen 

 of this problematic plant secured by Messrs. Snodgrass & Heller is 

 rather fragmentary but corresponds closely with the characterization and 

 fitfure (Journ. of Bot.) published by Hooker. In its dense (although 

 fruiting) inflorescence, relatively small leaves, 4 to 5 carpels and 6 to 8 

 stamens, it would peem sufficiently distinct from P. costaricense [H. 

 Wendl.] Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Am. Bot. iii. 12, figured by Hook. f. Bot. 

 Mag. 6674. The congeneric Melanocarpum Sprucei, Hook. f. Gen. 

 PL iii. 24 of Ecuador is said to have 2 to 3 carpels and 5 stamens. 



Telanthera, R. Br. 



T. ECHINOCEPHALA, Moq.-Tand. in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, 373 

 (1849); Anderss. (1), 167, & (2), 62; Rose (1), 137; Rob. & 

 Greenm. (1), 148. T. argentea, Anderss. (1), 168. T. sp. Rose (1), 

 137. Brandesia echinocephala, Hook. f. (3), 189. — Galapagos 

 Ids. : Habel. Abingdon Isl. : Baur, no. 299 (hb. Gr.) ; Snodgrass & 

 Heller, no. 850 (hb. Gr.). Albemarle Isl. : southern portion, Baur, 



