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they increase somewhat in size, but do not form trees as is 
usually the case at this elevation; Iguana Cove, Snodgrass and 
Heller; Villamil, bushes at 100 ft., low forest trees common at 
350-600 ft., (no. 3025). CHATHAM Ist.: Wreck Bay, com- 
mon bushes and low trees, 150-400 ft., (nos. 3026-3027). 
INDEFATIGABLE IsL.: Academy Bay, bushes at 300 ft., grad- 
ually increasing in size to 600 ft., where the species occurs 
abundantly as forest trees often 2 ft. or more in diameter, (no. 
3028). James Isi.: James Bay, occasional small trees, 350- 
2800 ft., (no. 3029). There are usually no epiphytic plants 
found on this species, probably owing to the fact that the bark 
is so smooth that spores and small seeds would have difficulty 
in finding a lodgement. The wood is dark brown in color and 
is very close grained. It is used by the natives of Albemarle 
Island in making the hubs and felloes for their carts, a use for 
which it seems well adapted. Endemic. 
COMBRETACEAE 
Conocarpus Gaertn. 
C. erectus L. Sp. Pl. 176 (1753); Rob. (1), 182.—ALBE- 
MARLE IsL.: Iguana Cove, Snodgrass and Heller; Turtle Cove, 
bushes in low dense thickets just back of the beach; Villamil, 
common in thickets near the shore, trees 25 ft. and more in 
height around brackish pools some distance back from the 
shore, (no. 3031). CHATHAM IsL.: Sappho Cove, bushes on 
sand beaches (no. 3032). INDEFATIGABLE IsL.: Academy 
Bay, occasional low bushes on the beach (no. 3033). JAMES 
IsL.: James Bay, low bushes forming thickets on sand beaches 
(no. 3034). Widely distributed in tropical regions. 
Laguncularia Gaertn. 
L. racemosa (L.) Gaertn. Fruct. III. 209, t. 217, f. 2 (1805). 
Conocarpus racemosus L. Syst. ed. 10, 930 (1760). L. race- 
mosa Gaertn. 1. c.; Rob. (1), 183.—Asinepon IsL.: forming 
dense low thickets on sand beaches (no. 3035). ALBEMARLE 
Ist.: Cowley Bay, forming a grove of small trees on a gravel 
beach; Christopher Point, Snodgrass and Heller; Elizabeth 
Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Turtle Cove, low dense thickets 
on the beach; Villamil, abundant, forming low dense forests of 
