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Symphoricarpos Juss. 1729 15 sh Caprifoliaceae ae es 
s (L. 1753 sub ee el Blake Sh lm nNAm_ III 
S, racemosus Miuichx. ) 
microphyllus Kunth 818 Sh 3m Mex VIII 
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SYSTEMATIC BoTANY 
By Tlenry K. SvENSON 
Plants of the Astor Expedition 
The manuscript on the flora of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands, 
consisting of about eighty pages with six plates, many photo- 
graphs and text figures, has been completed since early in_ the 
spring of 1933 and is awaiting publication. This manuscript 
does not include the large representation of ferns and fern allies, 
which comprise about one third of the vascular flora of Cocos 
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and are well represented on the higher islands of the Galapagos 
Archiy - igo. | have been working on these with the cooperation 
of Mr. A. Weatherby, of the Gray Herbarium, as an additional 
ae Tt was necessary to examine specimens upon which ob- 
scure records were based, especially the plants obtained by Darwin 
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the month of August, at my own 
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on the Galapagos Islands during the voyage of the Beagle, an 
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accordingly went to England for 
expense. ‘This collection is at the herbarium of Cambridge Uni- 
versity, where it was made available to me by the kindness of Mr. 
Gray. With a single exception, all the ferns described by Sir 
Joseph Hooker from Darwin’s collection were located. At New 
ee by C apt. W ood in 1846, and the miscellaneous notations nn 
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spent a long time in looking up old records, based chiefly on col- 
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Moore’s /adexv Piicum. Much valued assistance was given by 
the 
the curators, especially by Mr. Ballard, who has charge o 
ferns. 
While at Kew I also made a fairly thorough survey of the genus 
Eleocharis, especially with reference to the species of Africa, 
Australia, and South America, often poorly or not at all repre- 
sented in American collections. Several types were also examined 
at the Linnean herbarium in London and at the herbarium at 
Edinburgh. 
In addition to identifying Eleocharis for many institutions, in- 
cluding the U. S. National Herbarium, California Academy of 
