Vor. I] STEWART—BOTANY OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS 97 
Basso Point, common bushes to above 900 ft. (no. 1929) ; 
Wreck Bay, common bushes to 700 ft. The leaves are much 
larger on the specimens taken at 700 ft. than on the specimens 
from near the shore. DUNCAN IsL.: occasional procumbent 
bushes at 1000 ft. Bushes small and with leaves reduced in 
size. GARDNER IsL. (near Hoop Ist.): common bushes. 
Hoop Ist.: common bushes on sand beaches, and occasional 
bushes all over the island, (no. 1927). INDEFATIGABLE ISsL.: 
Academy Bay, common bushes near the shore, small trees 
around 450 ft.; north side, common on sand beaches. The 
roots of many of these bushes are in contact with the sea water 
at high tide, and when found under such conditions the trunks 
are usually short and much twisted, while the leaves are more 
succulent than on specimens taken further away from the shore. 
JAmes Ist.: James Bay, common in sandy soil around salt 
lagoons, sometimes forming trees 25-30 ft. in height ; northeast 
side, common bushes on sand beaches and around salt lagoons. 
Jervis Isi.: bushes 5-7 ft. high near the shore, low procumbent 
bushes around 1050 ft. Narsoroucu Isi.: Snodgrass and 
Heller. Stymour Ist., sourH: abundant in thickets with 
Discaria pauciflora in sandy soil near the shore. Endemic. 
SAPINDACEAE 
Cardiospermum L. 
C. Corindum L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 526 (1762) ; Rob. (1), 170.— 
ALBEMARLE Ist.: Cowley Bay, around 1450 ft.; Elizabeth 
Bay, Snodgrass and Heller. Carvers Ist.: Andersson. 
CHATHAM Is.L.: Basso Point, common at 900 ft. (nos. 1933- 
1934) ; Wreck Bay, common at 700 ft. Duncan IsL.: cover- 
ing rocks and bushes at 1300 ft. (no. 1935). INDEFATIGABLE 
Ist.: north side, on rocks and trees at 250 ft. (no. 1936); 
northwest side, occasional at 200 ft. James Ist.: James Bay, 
Andersson; Snodgrass and Heller. \WENMAN Ist.: on the 
upper parts, R. H. Beck collector. Further distr. S. W. U. S., 
Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 
C. galapageium Rob. & Greenm. Proc. Am. Acad. XXXII. 
38 (1896) ; Rob. (1), 171.—ALzBemarte Isx.: Villamil, very 
abundant on bushes near sea level (no. 1938). INDEFATIGABLE 
Ist.: Academy Bay, common near sea level (no. 1940) ; south- 
