154 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Proc. 4TH Ser. 
Lecocarpus Decaisne 
L. pinnatifidus Decaisne, Bot. Voy. Venus, Atlas t. 14 
(1846). L. foliosus Decaisne, op. c., text, 20 (1864) ; Rob. 
(1), 213.—Cuartes Ist.: low bushes, abundant in open 
places among lava boulders near the shore and up to 700 ft. 
(nos. 638-639). CHATHAM IsL.: Darwin. Endemic. 
Lipochaeta DC. 
i faricifolia’ (Hook. 1.) Gray, Proc! Am. Acad. V- 43% 
(1862). Macraea laricifolia Hook. f. (3), 210. L. laricifolia 
Gray, |. c.; Rob. (1), 214.—Asinepon Ist.: occasional bushes, 
700-1000 ft., (no. 640). ALBEMARLE IsL.: Cowley Bay, 
occasional stunted bushes in the vicinity of the shore, bushes 
3-4 ft. high, 300-2000 ft.; Tagus Cove, common bushes on 
tufaceous soil near the shore and on the sides of the mountain. 
Above 2500 ft. it is by far the most predominant species, (no. 
642); Villamil, occasional bushes, 75-600 ft., (no. 641). 
Cuartes Ist.: occasional clumps of bushes near the shore, 
abundant in scattering bunches, 450-1000 ft., and forming 
dense thickets of bushes 6-8 ft. high, 1000-1450 ft., except on 
the windward sides of the craters, where it does not occur 
above 1200 ft., (no. 643). CHatHam Isx.: Basso Point, 
bushes at 800 ft.; Wreck Bay, common bushes at 450 ft. (no. 
644). INDEFATIGABLE IsL.: southeast side, common bushes 
at 600 ft. James IsL.: James Bay, bushes 6-8 ft. high on the 
edges of recent lava flows at 850 ft. (no. 645) ; northeast side, 
abundant above 225 ft. NArsBorouGH Isu.: south side, Snod- 
grass and Heller. Endemic. 
Pectis L. 
P. Anderssonii Rob. (1), 214. P. linearis Rob. & Greenm. 
(1), 147, not La Llave. Lorentia linearis Anderss. (1), 174, 
(2), 66.—INDEFATIGABLE IsL.: northwest side, abundant in 
dry open areas below 300 ft. (no. 646). Endemic. 
P. Hookeri Rob. (1), 214. Lorentia gracilis Hook. f. (3), 
206.—ALBEMARLE IsL.: Tagus Cove, fairly abundant on the 
tops of tufa cliffs (no. 648). BarrineTon Isu.: Baur; Snod- 
grass and Heller. CHARLES IsL.: in crevices of the lava near 
the shore (no. 647). Hoop Ist.: Snodgrass and Heller. 
