THE PHANEROGAMS OE EASTER ISLAM) 



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Euphorbiaceae. 



Euphorbia L. 



23. E. hirta L. 



Slope of Mt. Katiki (no. 653). »Abundant, rocky places, near La Pcrouse 

 Bay (== Hanga Ho Orno), Albatross no. 16! 



Area of distribution: Trop. Amer., Polyn,, etc.; trop. subcosmop. A 

 common tropical weed, perhaps not truly indigenous in Easter I. 



24. E. serpens H. B. K. — E, ovalijolia Engelm., FUENTES 1. c. 



Common on rocky and stony ground all over the island, near the sea 

 (no. 1 196) or inland (no. 638). »On rocks and barren places, abundant* (Alba- 

 tross nos. 14! 15!). 



Area of distribution: Trop. America, Polyn., also reported from the 

 Indo-Malayan region. A widespread weed, possibly not indigenous in Easter I. 



Umbelliferae. 

 Apium L. 



25. A. prostratum Labill. — Syn. A. graveoletis L., FORSTER, De 

 Plantis esculentis insularum oceani australis commentatio botanica. Berlin 

 1786, p. 67. 



Rocky beach and caves near Hanga Piko (no. 697). — My specimens 

 agree very well with A. australe Thouars, which, with the material at hand, I 

 cannot distinguish from A. prostratum: in fact, I believe they are identical. 



Area of distribution: Magellan coasts, Falkl., Tristan d'Ac, Austral., 

 N. Zeal, and outlying islands, Easter I. 



Primulaceae. 

 Sa mollis L. 



26. S. repens (Forst.) Pers. 



On the sea shore: FORSTER, FUENTES. — N. of Hanga Piko, not un- 

 common (no. 701); near Tongariki (no. 699). 



Area of distribution: Coasts of temp. S. Amer., Austral., Tasman., 

 N. Zeal., Easter I. 



