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155. — Abingdon Isl. : common to 400 ft. (no. 1700). Albe- 

 marle IsL. : Tagus Cove, abundant in open places at 250 ft. 

 Barrington Isl. : Snod grass and Heller. Bindloe Isl. : 

 Baur; Snod grass and Heller. Charles Isl. : common on the 

 lower parts, occasional at 600 ft., (no. 1703). Chatham 

 Isl. : Sappho Cove, occasional on recent lava near the shore 

 (no. 1704). Duncan Isl. : in shady places on the lower parts 

 (no. 1705). Hood Isl. : rare around 250 ft., specimens being 

 small and rather stunted, (no. 1706). Indefatigable Isl.: 

 north side, Snodgrass and Heller. Narborough Isl. : Snod- 

 grass and Heller. Seymour Isl.^ south : Snodgrass and 

 Heller. Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 



Vigna Savi. 



V. owahuensis Vog. Linnaea X. 585 (1836) ; Rob. (1), 155. 

 — James Isl. : Darwin. The identity of this plant is ques- 

 tioned by Rob. 1. c. 



Zomia Gmel, 



Z. diphylla (L.) Pers. Syn. II. 318 (1807). Hedysarum 

 diphyllum L. Sp. PI. 747 (1753). — Albemarle Isl.: Tagus 

 Cove, common in tufaceous soil, 300-500 ft., (no. 1707). 

 Widely distributed in tropical regions. 



OXALIDACEAE 



Oxalis L. 



O. carnosa Molina, Sagg. Chile, ed. 2, 288 (1810); Rob. 

 (1), 156. — Abingdon Isl. : common on exposed rocks in open 

 grassy areas around 1100 ft. (no. 1708). Charles Isl.: 

 common among rocks at 1550 ft. (no. 1709). Duncan Isl.: 

 on rocks at 900 ft. and in vegetable mold, on side of cliff at 

 1250 ft. (no. 1710). This species usually inhabits rather 

 sterile places in the transition and moist regions, the roots 

 finding a lodgement in small crevices in the lava. Further 

 distr. Chili. 



O. Cornelli Anderss. (1), 246, (2), 108; Rob. (1), 156.— 

 Albemarle Isl. : Iguana Cove, common in open places on the 

 lower parts (no. 1713). Barrington Isl.: Snodgrass and 

 Heller. Charles Isl. : common among rocks near the shore 



