Vor. I] STEWART—BOTANY OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS 47 
tain. From these seeds the plant has grown abundantly and 
now forms impenetrable thickets, many acres in extent, along 
the trail. The inhabitants of Chatham Isl. use the fiber of this 
plant for rope, of which it makes a very good quality. Widely 
distributed in tropical regions through cultivation. Probably 
introduced on the islands. 
Hypoxis L. 
H. decumbens L. Amoen. Acad. V. 396 (1759); Rob. (1), 
131.—ALBEMARLE Ist.: Villamil, common in open woodland 
at 600 ft., rare at 1300 ft., (nos. 1135-1136). Cartes IsL.; 
Darwin. CHATHAM Ist.: Wreck Bay, Baur. Further distr. 
Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 
H. sp.—ABincpon Ist.: an Hypoxis, which is probably the 
last mentioned, occurs on this island. No specimens were 
taken. 
ORCHIDACEAE 
Epidendrum L. 
E. spicatum Hook. f. (3), 180; Rob. (1), 131.—Asinepon 
IsL.: on the trunks and branches of trees around 1900 ft. (no. 
1137). AtspemMar_e Ist.: Villamil, abundant on the trunks 
and branches of trees, 1200-3150 ft., (no. 1138). CHARLES 
Isxt.: Lee. JAmeEs Ist.: James Bay, on trees above 2100 ft. 
(no. 1139). Endemic. 
Eulophia R. Br. 
E. sp.—INDEFATIGABLE Ist.: Academy Bay, a sterile 
specimen of an Orchid, with foliage similar to an Eulophia, 
was found growing in vegetable mold in densely shaded places 
at 600 ft. Hemsley, Gard. Chron. 177 (1900), refers to an 
Eulophia from the Galapagos Ids. It is possible that the speci- 
men Mr. Hemsley refers to and the one under consideration 
belong to the same species, (no. 1144). 
Ionopsis HBK. 
I. utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 39 A (1821- 
1825). Epidendrum utricularioides Sw. Prodr. 122 (1788). 
—ALBEMARLE IsxL.: Villamil, common on the trunks and 
