Vor. I] STEWART—BOTANY OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS 131 
the sides of the craters above this elevation to 1700 ft. (nos. 
3253-3254). CHATHAM Ist.: Wreck Bay, common bushes 
above 400 ft. (no. 3255). Duncan Isu.: at 1275 ft. INDE- 
FATIGABLE Isx.: Academy Bay, common bushes in a dense 
growth of vegetation in the open areas around 550 ft. and 
above (no. 3256). James Ist.: James Bay, occurs to some 
extent on the lower parts, abundant at 2100 ft., occasional at 
2850 ft., (nos. 3257-3258). There is much variation in the 
amount of pubescence. Endemic. 
T. strigosa Anderss. (1), 207, (2), 85, t. 9, f. 3; Rob. (1), 
194.—ALBEMARLE IsL.: Turtle Cove, occasional low spread- 
ing bushes in the vicinity of the shore (no. 3259) ; Villamil, 
Baur. CHARLES IsL.: Andersson. CHATHAM IsL.: Anders- 
son. INDEFATIGABLE Ist.: Academy Bay, occasional bushes 
in sandy soil near the shore (no. 3262) ; north side, occasional 
bushes at 250 ft. (no. 3261) ; southeast side, bushes at 550 ft. 
(no. 3260). James IsL.: James Bay, common bushes 4-7 ft. 
high (no. 3263). Endemic. 
T. syringaefolia Vahl, Symb. III. 23 (1794). T. laurifolia 
Vent. Choix. Pl. 2 (1803); Rob. (1), 193.—CHatHam Ist.: 
Chierchia according to Caruel. JAmMEs Isu.: Andersson. 
Possibly a less pubescent form of either T. psilostachya or T. 
pubescens. Further distr. Mex., tropical S. Am. 
VERBENACEAE 
Avicennia L. 
A. officinalis L. Sp. Pl. 110 (1753) ; Rob. (1), 194.—ALBE- 
MARLE Isu.: Elizabeth Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Turtle 
Cove, common on pebble beaches, sometimes attaining the size 
of large trees, (no. 3266); Turtle Point, common, according 
to J. S. Hunter; Villamil, common trees around salt lakes, and 
to some extent on sand beaches. CHARLEs ISL.: common on 
the beach and around a salt lake (no. 3267). CHATHAM IsL.: 
Sappho Cove, occasional small trees around salt pools (no. 
3268). Duncan IsL.: a single small tree of this species was 
found in a cove on the northeast side of the island (no. 3269). 
INDEFATIGABLE Is_.: Academy Bay, low trees on the beach 
and around salt marshes (no. 3270); southeast side, small 
