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MARLE IsL. : Iguana Cove, common on the sides of the cliffs 

 above the cove (no. 1124); Tagus Cove, occasional on lava 

 beds at 1400 ft. (no. 1123). Charles Isl. : common at 1750 

 ft. (no. 1127). Chatham Isl. : Wreck Bay, common at 350- 

 2100 ft. (nos. 1125-1126). Duncan Isl.: common on the 

 sides of cliffs at 1250 ft. (no. 1128). Indefatigable Isl.: 

 Academy Bay, abundant above 100 ft. (nos. 1130-1131); 

 southeast side, occasional in open woods at 450 ft. (no. 1129). 

 James Isl. : Darwin. Further distr. general in tropics. 



Commelinacea, Caruel (1), 621; Rob. (1), 131. — Charles 

 Isl. : Chierchia. Same as the preceding, ace. to Rob. 1. c. 



IRIDACEAE 



Iris L. 



I. sp. Albemarle Isl. : Villamil, a few sterile specimens of 

 a small Iris were collected on the south rim of the crater at 

 3150 ft. (no. 1133). 



CANNACEAE 



Canna L. 



C. sp. Albemarle Isl. : Villamil, occasional at 700 ft. In- 

 defatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, ace. to /. S. Hunter. James 

 Isl.: James Bay, occasional in woodland at 1500 ft. The 

 specimens are all sterile. 



AMARYLLIDACEAE 

 Furcraea Vent. 



F. cubensis Vent, in Bull. Soc. Philom. I. 66 (1793).— 

 Albemarle Isl. : Villamil, around habitations. Charles 

 Isl.: around former habitations (no. 1134). Chatham Isl.: 

 Wreck Bay, formerly used as hedges around the plantation. 

 Indefatigable Isl. : northwest side, occurs first at 450 ft. and 

 extends to above 1000 ft. This species was introduced on this 

 island many years ago by the tortoise hunters who planted it at 

 their plantation above 1000 ft. Capt. Thomas Levick, of 

 Chatham Isl, told us that on one of his trips to Indefatigable, 

 a few years ago, he took some of the seed with him and scat- 

 tered it along the trail as he came down the side of the moun- 



