Vor. IJ STEWART—BOTANY OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS 93 
ceolatis acutis basi obliquo-cordatis integerrimis vel crenatis supra 
pallido-viridibus subtus albidis utrinque glaberrimis pellucido-maculatis 
breviter petiolatis, laminis 1.9 cm. longis, 4.5 mm. latis; floribus axillar- 
ibus 3-umbellatis breviter pedunculatis; glandulis 4 nigris inappendicu- 
latis; capsula 3 cocca parva puberula longipedunculata nutante acute 
angulata; seminibus subrufescentibus 4-angulatis rugulosis. Differs 
from E. cumbrae Boiss. in the pellucidly marked leaves, the black invol- 
ucral glands, and the puberulent capsule; otherwise very similar. 
ABINGDON IsL.: occasional at 1100 ft. (no. 1888). ALBE- 
MARLE Isi.: Iguana Cove, occasional in shady places (no. 
1890, type) ; Tagus Cove, common in moist shady places at 
the summit of the mountain, 4000 ft., (no. 1889). Plate II, 
figs. 3-4. Endemic. 
E. thymifolia L. Sp. Pl. 454 (1753).—Duncan Ist.: occa- 
sional in moist vegetable mold at 1250 ft. (no. 1891). Further 
distr. tropics of both hemispheres. 
E. viminea Hook. f. (3), 184; Rob. (1), 168.—ALBEMARLE 
Ist.: Cowley Bay, one of the most abundant bushes above 1200 
ft. (no. 1899) ; Elizabeth Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Tagus 
Cove, Snodgrass and Heller; Villamil, bushes 2-3 ft. high, 
abundant on beds of basaltic lava below 100 ft., (no. 1892). 
BINnDLOE IsL.: common everywhere, very abundant on exposed 
tufa ridges in the interior of the island below 500 ft., (no. 
1896). INDEFATIGABLE IsL.: north side, low and somewhat 
procumbent bushes in lava crevices in the vicinity of the shore 
(no. 1895) ; southeast side, bushes 3-5 ft. high, forming tang- 
led thickets around 450 ft., (no. 1894). Endemic. 
Forma barringtonensis Rob. & Greenm. (1), 139; Rob. (1), 
168.—BarRINGTON IsL.: bushes about 3 ft. high, common on 
flat areas in the interior of the island. The specimen is too 
poor for accurate determination, (no. 1897). BrInpLoE Ist. : 
Baur; Snodgrass and Heller. Endemic. 
Forma carolensis Rob. & Greenm. (1), 139; Rob. (1), 168. 
—CuHAr Es IsL.: common bushes around 625 ft., (no. 1898). 
Endemic. 
Forma castellana Rob. & Greenm. (1), 138; Rob. (1), 168. 
—ABINGDON IsL.: bushes 2-3 ft. high, common on lava beds 
to 800 ft., (nos. 1899-1900). GarpNER Ist. (near Hoop 
Ist.) : low bushes among rocks near the shore (no. 1901). 
Tower Ist.: low spreading bushes common everywhere (no. 
1902). Endemic. 
