FLORA OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 1G7 



Snodgrass & Heller, no. 276 (lib. Gr.) ; Tngus Cove, common near 

 beach and up to 185 m. alt., S)io(lgi'ass & Heller, nos. 149 (hb. Gr.), 

 181 (lib. Gr.). BiNDLOE IsL. : Baur, no. 2o7 (hb. Gr.). Charles 

 IsL. : Cormorant Bay, Baur, no. 259 (lib. Gr.). Chatham Isl. : 

 Andersson (hb. Gr.) ; A. Agassiz, ace. to Rose, 1. c. Indefatig.\ble 

 IsL. : A)idersso7i. James Isl.: Orchilla Bay, Baur, no. 260 (hb. Gr.). 

 Skymour Isl. : south, Snodgrafis & Heller, no. 585 (hb. Gr.). 

 Endemic. 



E. DIFFUSA, Hook. f. (3), 184; Anderss. (1), 234, & (2), 101; 

 Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 17 ; Rob. & Greenm. (1), 148. — 

 Galapagos Ids. : Habel. Albemarle Isl. : Cuming; Macrae ; An- 

 dersson. Indefatigable Isl. : northern part, Snodgrass & Heller, 

 no. 650 (hb. Gr.). Jervis Isl.: Baur, no. 243 (hb. Gr.). Endemic. 



E. flabkllaris, Anderss. ace. to Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 17 

 (1862); Rob. & Gieenm. (1), 148. E. maculata, Hook. f. (3), 182; 

 Anderss. (1), 233, & (2), 101; not L. — Abingdon Isl.: Snodgrass 

 & Heller, no. 829 (hb. Gr.). Barrixgton Isl.: Snodgrass & Heller, 

 no. 485 (hb. Gr.), identity doubtful. Charles Isl.: Darwin. Gard- 

 ner Isl.: Snodgrass & Heller, no. 631 (hb. Gr.). Indefatigable 

 Isl.: Andersson ; south of Conway Bay, Baur, no. 256 (hb. Gr.). 

 James Isl. : James Bay, common on lava rocks near sand beach, Snod- 

 grass & Heller, no. 383 (hb. Gr.), identity doubtful. Setmour Isl. : 

 north, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 562 (hb. Gr.). Tower Isl.: Snod- 

 grass & Heller, no. 796 (hb. Gr.). Endemic. 



E. galapageia, Rob. & Greenm. (1), 144, 148. — Charles Isl.: 

 Baur, no. 261 (hb. Gr.). Endemic. 



E. nesiotica, nov. sp., verisimiliter annua gracilis glaberrima glauces- 

 cens; caulibus plurihus flexuosis dichotomis procumbentibus teretibns 

 laevibus ; foliis oppositis oblongis plus niinusve deuticulatis glabris obso- 

 lete venulosis apice rotundatis basi obliquis obtusis breviter petiolatis 

 quam internodia valde brevioribus patentibus ; involucris axillaribus 

 breviter peduuculatis ad nodos superiores solitariis vel oppositis minimis 

 turbinatis ; lobis lanceolato-deltoideis plus minusve ciliatis ; glandulis 

 quatuor sessilibus transverse oblongis atroviolaceis ; capsula nutante 

 crassiore quam longa straminea-brunnea glabra laeve ; coccis obtuse 

 carinatis; stylis brevibus ad partem mediam bifidis. — Seymour Isl.: 

 south, May, 1899, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 589 (hb. Gr.). Endemic. 

 Leaves 7 mm. long, half as broad; involucre 1 mm. long, capsule 1.4 

 mm. long, 2 mm. thick. Plate 2, fig. 5. 



