PLANTS OF THE AZORES 25 



Lupinus tenuis Forsk. North of Ponta Delgacla, doubtless 

 as a relic of fodder culture. Not given by Trelease. 



Ornithojnts compressus Druce. In the roadway in the Furnas. 

 Buhus rusticanus Merc. Appears to be the prevailing bramble 

 throughout the island. 



Fracjaria indica L. Naturalized north of Ponta Delgada ; I 

 also saw it by the roadside near Turin, in Italy. — F. vcsca L. Just 

 the British plant at Kibiera Grande. 



PotentiUa erecta Hampe var. ins igni s (Domin, in lit.). P.Tor- 

 mentilla var. insignis Domin in Fedde, Nov. Sp. v. 66, 1908: — 

 " Caules robusti elato-erecti, superne tantum pauci-ramosi 25- 

 35 cm. alti, dense adpresso-pilosi ; folia magna foliohs sessihbus 

 coriaceis (intermedia 2-3 cm. longo) obovato-cuneatis, utrinque 

 4-6-dentibus lanceolatis acutis instructis, adultis quoque supra 

 et subtus ad nervos valde prominulos longe adpresso-pilosis ; 

 stipulge oblique obovato-rotundatge 2 cm. et ultra long® et inter- 

 dum latiores, inciso serrate, flores ca. 15 mm. late tetrameri ; 

 calycis adpresso-pilosi, sepala externa internis paulo breviora ; 

 petala diam_etro transversiali latiora." — K. Domin, in lit. San 

 Miguel, F. D. Godman in Herb. Kew. 1865. Wolf, Mon. Gatt. 

 PotentiUa, p. 647, 1908. I saw this interesting plant in several 

 places in the crater of the Fundas ; it has a robust bushy growth, 

 quite erect, and has four to five petals. I should think it is a 

 distinct species, bearing the same relation to our own P. erecta 

 d^ndi procumhens as the Azorean Gardamine does to our C. aniara 

 and sylvatica ; it might appropriately bear the name P. insignis 

 (Domin) suggested by that botanist. 



Tillaa muscosa L. Trelease observes that it had not been 

 recently collected, and that excellent local botanist my friend Dr. 

 Carreiro also told me he had not seen it. I found it on damp 

 roadsides in the Fundas, on the lava-ridges by the track to the 

 Sete Cidades, and in the Quinta of Dom Jose do Canto at Ponta 

 Delgada. 



Lythrum Hyssopifolia L. Fundas. 



Fuchsia macrostemma Euiz & Pavon. Naturalized on walls 

 in several places, as Trelease observes. — F. Bicartoni Hort. is 

 naturalized to the west of Ponta Delgada. 



Hedera canariensis Willd. var. azorica. Between Kibiera 

 Grande and Fundas, and on the ascent to Sete Cidades. 



Sherardia arvensis L. var. maritima Griseb. Ponta Delgada ; 

 the type only is mentioned by Trelease. 



Viburnum Tinus L. var. subcordatum Trelease. In some 

 quantity near Lomba da Cruz. Watson recognized the difference 

 of the leaf-characters from those of V. Tinus. 



LeycesteriaformosaWnil. Completely naturalized in the Fundas. 



Bubia angustifolia L. Sete Cidades, &c. ; quite distinct, I think, 

 from our B. peregrina, an opinion stated also by H. C. Watson. 



Kentranthus Sibthorpii Heldr. & Sart. Not mentioned by 

 Watson. A narrow-leaved plant, identified as above by Trelease, 

 naturalized at Ponta Delgada, &c. 



Erigcron canadense L. This ul)iquitous alien species has found 



