Vot. I] STEWART—BOTANY OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS 49 
Ist.: Wreck Bay, on rocks, 650-700 ft., (no. 1158). INDE- 
FATIGABLE Is_.: Academy Bay, occasional in vegetable mold 
among rocks in open woodland at 400 ft. (no. 1159) ; north- 
west side, common above 500 ft. (no. 1155). The specimens 
from Albemarle and Indefatigable Ids. were determined by Mr. 
Casimir de Candolle. Further distr. Mex., S. Am. 
P. obtusilimba C. DC. nov. sp. 
Foliis ternis-quaternis breviter petiolatis subovato-ellipticis basi et 
apice rotundatis utrinque glabris superne minutissime in margine 
ciliatis, 5-nerviis, nerviis tenuissimis; nervulo marginali obscuro ab 
apice fere usque ad medium decurrente; petiolo margine minute cilia- 
tis; spicis axillaribus terminalibusque, pedunculis minutissime puberulis 
petiolos superantibus; spicis ipsis limbos multo vel pluries superan- 
tibus filiformibus sublaxifloris, bractea orbiculari centro subsessili; 
Ovario obovato emerso fere in apice stigmatifero, stigmate minuto 
glabro; bacca subovato-globosa glandulis asperulata. Caulis % mm. 
crassus minutissime puberulus. Limbi in sicco membranaceis rufes- 
centes epunctati, usque ad 10 mm. longi et 5 mm. lati. Petioli 1% mm. 
longi. Pedunculis usque ad 6 mm. longi. Spicae terminales 5 cm. 
axillares 2% cm. longae, % mm. crassae. Bractea diametro % mm. 
brevior. Bacca % mm. paululo longior. 
CHARLES ISL.: common on rocks and low bushes at 1400 ft. 
(nos. 1160-1161). Endemic. 
P. petiolata Hook. f. (3), 181; Rob. (1), 131.—JaAmes Ist.: 
Darwin. Endemic. 
P. ramulosa Anderss. (1), 158, and (2), 57; Rob. 1), 131. 
—CHARLES IsL.: common in decayed moss on the branches of 
trees at 1700 ft. (no. 1162). Endemic. 
P. Snodgrassii C. DC. in Rob. (1), 131.—ALBEMmarte Ist. : 
Iguana Cove, Snodgrass and Heller. Endemic. 
P. Stewartii C. DC. nov. sp. 
Foliis sat longe petiolatis oblongo-ovatis basi acutis apice subacutis, 
utrinque glabris superne margine ciliolatis, 6-nerviis, nerviis tenuis- 
simis; petiolo margine crispulo-hirtello; pedunculis terminalibus gla- 
bris petiolos fere aequantibus; spicis folia pluries superantibus sub 
densifloris; bractea obovata supra centrum longiuscule pedicellata; 
antheris rotundatis quam filamenta multo brevioribus; ovario emerso 
Ovato apice obtuso, stigmate puberulo; bacca ovata glandulis globosis 
asperata. 
Caulis crispulo-hirtellus filiformis fere 34 mm. crassus. Folia 
alterna, internodia 6-7 mm. longa. Limbi in sicco membranacei, superi 
15-18 mm. longi et 8-9 mm. lati, inferi magis ovati. Petioli circiter 6 
mm. longi. Spicae circiter 5 cm. longae et 1 mm. crassae. Bracteae 
infimae orbiculares, aliae ut in diagnosi. Ovarium paullo sub apice 
stigmatiferum. Bacca 1 mm. longa, sessilis. 
