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ceolatis acutis basi obliquo-cordatis integerrimis vel crenatis supra 

 pallido-viridibus subtus albidis utrinque glaberrimis pellucido-maculatis 

 breviter petiolatis, laminis 1.9 cm. longis, 4.5 mm. latis; floribus axillar- 

 ibus 3-umbellatis breviter pedunculatis; glandulis 4 nigris inappendicu- 

 latis; capsula 3 cocca parva puberula longipedunculata nutante acute 

 angulata; seminibus subrufescentibus 4-angulatis rugulosis. Differs 

 from E. cumbrae Boiss. in the pellucidly marked leaves, the black invol- 

 ucral glands, and the puberulent capsule; otherwise very similar. 



Abingdon Isl. : occasional at 1100 ft. (no. 1888). Albe- 

 marle IsL. : Iguana Cove, occasional in shady places (no. 

 1890, type) ; Tagus Cove, common in moist shady places at 

 the summit of the mountain, 4000 ft., (no. 1889). Plate II, 

 figs. 3-4. Endemic. 



E. thymifolia L. Sp. PL 454 (1753).— Duncan Isl.: occa- 

 sional in moist vegetable mold at 1250 ft. (no. 1891 ). Further 

 distr. tropics of both hemispheres. 



E. viminea Hook. f. (3), 184; Rob. (1), 168. — Albemarle 

 Isl. : Cowley Bay, one of the most abundant bushes above 1200 

 ft. (no. 1899) ; Elizabeth Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Tagus 

 Cove, Snodgrass and Heller; Villamil, bushes 2-3 ft. high, 

 abundant on beds of basaltic lava below 100 ft., (no. 1892). 

 Bindloe Isl. : common everywhere, very abundant on exposed 

 tufa ridges in the interior of the island below 500 ft., (no. 

 1896). Indefatigable Isl.: north side, low and somewhat 

 procumbent bushes in lava crevices in the vicinity of the shore 

 (no. 1895) ; southeast side, bushes 3-5 ft. high, forming tang- 

 led thickets around 450 ft., (no. 1894). Endemic. 



Forma barringtonensis Rob. & Greenm. (1), 139; Rob. (1), 

 168. — Barrington Isl. : bushes about 3 ft. high, common on 

 flat areas in the interior of the island. The specimen is too 

 poor for accurate determination, (no. 1897). Bindloe Isl.: 

 Baur; Snodgrass and Heller. Endemic. 



Forma carolensis Rob. Si Greenm. (1), 139; Rob. (1), 168. 

 — Charles Isl. : common bushes around 625 ft., (no. 1898). 

 Endemic. 



Forma castellana Rob. & Greenm. (1), 138; Rob. (1), 168. 

 — Abingdon Isl. : bushes 2-3 ft. high, common on lava beds 

 to 800 ft., (nos. 1899.-1900). Gardner Isl. (near Hood 

 Isl.) : low bushes among rocks near the shore (no. 1901). 

 Tower Isl. : low spreading bushes common everywhere (no. 

 1902). Endemic. 



