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Barrington Isl. : Snodgrass and Heller. Bindloe Isl. : 

 abundant near the shore, rare in the interior, (no. 1685). 

 Charles Isl. : Andersson. Chatham Isl. : Basso Point, 

 occasional at 900 ft. (no. 1688) ; Wreck Bay, abundant all 

 over the lower parts (nos. 1686-1687). Indefatigable Isl.: 

 Academy Bay, common all over the lower parts. All of the 

 specimens taken in this locality are xerophytic in character, 

 except a few which were found growing around a brackish 

 water spring near the coast. These were mesophytic in char- 

 acter, closely resembling specimens taken from the transition 

 or moist regions of other islands, (nos. 1691-1692) ; north 

 side, common on rocks at 300 ft. (no. 1690) ; northwest side, 

 common in tufaceous soil near the shore (no. 1693). Nar- 

 BOROUGH Isl. : south side, Snodgrass and Heller. Further 

 distr. tropical and subtropical regions. 



R. reticulata (Sw.) DC. Prodr. II. 385 (1825). Glycine 

 reticulata Sw. Prodr. 105 (1788). R. reticulata DC. 1. c. : 

 Rob. (1), 154. — Chatham Isl.: Darzvin. Further distr. 

 Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 



R. sp. Rob. (1), 154. — Albemarle Isl.: Tagus Cove, 

 Snodgrass and Heller. 



R. sp. Rob. (1), 154. — Bindloe Isl.: Snodgrass and Hel- 

 ler. 



Stylosanthes Sw. 



S. scabra Vog. Linnaea XII. 69 (1838) ; Rob. (1), 154.— 

 Abingdon Isl. : occasional on lava beds on the lower parts 

 (no. 1694). Albemarle Isl.: Tagus Cove, forming spread- 

 ing bunches in tufaceous soil near the shore (no. 1695). 

 Bindloe Isl. : occasional in tufaceous soil near the beach (no. 

 1696). Charles Isl.: common in ashy soil, 450-1000 ft., 

 (no. 1697). Duncan Isl.: occasional in shady protected 

 places near the shore (no. 1698). Indefatigable Isl. : north 

 side, Snodgrass and Heller; northwest side, common in tufa- 

 ceous soil near the shore (no. 1699). Jervis Isl.: Baur. 

 Further distr. Cent, and S. Am. 



Tephrosia Pers. 



T. cinerea (L.) Pers. Syn. II. 328 (1807). Galega cinerea 

 L. Syst. ed. 10, 1172 (1760). T. cinerea Pers. 1. c. ; Rob. (1). 



