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ing large areas with a dense growth of low bushes in the 

 vicinity of the shore; Villamil, common on sand beaches and 

 to some extent in the interior around brackish water pools (no. 

 1459). Barrington Isl. : forming low thickets on sand 

 beaches (no. 1462). Bindloe Isl.: Snodgrass and Heller. 

 Occasional thickets of this species were noticed at various places 

 along the north shore. Charles Isl. : bushes 3-6 ft. high, 

 forming tangled thickets on sand beaches, (no. 1460). 

 Chatham Isl. : Basso Point, on sand beaches and on lava 

 flows in the interior; Sappho Cove, bushes on the beach and 

 in the interior (no. 1461) ; Wreck Bay, fairly common near the 

 shore. Duncan Isl. : bushes near the shore. Gardner Isl. 

 (near Hood Isl.): low bushes on the beach. Hood Isl.: 

 very abundant in dense low thickets on sand beaches, and to 

 some extent in the interior at 600 ft., (no. 1463). Indefat- 

 igable Isl. : Academy Bay, common on the beach and occa- 

 sional at various places in the lower dry region ; north side, low 

 bushes on the beach ; southeast side, common in thickets among 

 rocks and in sand (no. 1465). It was also noticed in various 

 other places on the shore, while the "Academy" was sailing 

 around the island. James Isl. : James Bay, common bushes 

 on the beach and around the shores of salt water lagoons (no. 

 1456). Jervis Isl. : low bushes on the beach. Narborough 

 Isl. : east side, Snodgrass and Heller. Seymour Isl., south : 

 occasional on the beach and in thickets of Discaria pauciHora 

 and Maytenus obovata bushes. Further distr. Ecuador, Bo- 

 livia. 



Mirabilis L. 



M. Jalapa L. Sp. PI. 177 (1753).— Albemarle Isl. : Villa- 

 mil, in gardens, and undoubtedly introduced, (no. 1459). 



Pisonia L. 



P. floribunda Hook. f. (3), 193; Rob. (1), 143.— Abing- 

 don Isl.: common trees, 450-1650 ft., (no. 1460). Albe- 

 marle Isl.: Cowley Bay, common trees above 1300 ft.; 

 Iguana Cove, Snodgrass and Heller; Tagus Cove, forest trees 

 above 1500 ft.; Villamil, large trees, 100-900 ft. Charles 

 Isl.: trees 10-30 ft. high, occasional around 1000 ft., (no. 

 1461). Duncan Isl.: low trees and bushes around 1150 ft. 



