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Forma chathamensis Rob. & Greenm. (1), 138; Rob. (1), 

 168. — Chatham Isl. : Basso Point, spreading bushes on lava 

 fields near the coast (no. 1903) ; Wreck Bay, common bushes 

 on sand beaches (no. 1904). Endemic. 



Forma jacobensis Rob. & Greenm. (1), 138; Rob. (1), 169. 

 — ^James Isl. : Orchilla Bay, Baur. Endemic. 



Forma jervensis Rob. & Greenm. (1), 139; Rob. (1), 169. 

 — Jervis Isl. : occasional low bushes on the sides of the island, 

 and around the top at 1050 ft., (no. 1905). Endemic. 



Var. abingdonensis Rob. & Greenm. (1), 139; Rob. (1), 169. 

 — ^Abingdon Isl. : Baur. Endemic. 



E. sp. — Charles Isl. : Post Office Bay, occasional below 

 300 ft. (no. 1906). Probably endemic. 



E. sp. Hook. f. (3), 185; Rob. (1), 169.— Charles Isl.: 

 Darwin. 



E. sp. Anderss. (1), 237, (2), 102; Rob. (1), 169.— 

 Chatham Isl. : Andersson. 



Hippomane L. 



H. Mancinella L. Sp. PI. 1191 (1753); Rob. (1), 169.— 

 Albemarle Isl. : Elizabeth Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Cape 

 Rose, common in the vicinity of the shore ; Iguana Cove, a few 

 small trees at the end of the cove ; Turtle Cove, low spreading 

 trees near the shore; Villamil, islands of low spreading trees 

 in the vicinity of the shore; in low areas, some distance back 

 from the shore, the soil of which is kept constantly moist by 

 telluric waters; and forming a belt of low trees in a rather 

 dense forest of Sapindus Saponaria trees around 600 ft. No 

 connection was found between the lower and upper belts of this 

 species and so far as is known the lower belt ends a very little 

 above sea level. Charles Isl. : a few trees on a sand beach 

 (no. 1907). Chatham Isl.: Sappho Cove, dense groves of 

 rather small trees in the interior; Wreck Bay, common trees 

 in low places around 200 ft., and also in open forests around 

 700 ft., (no. 1908). Indefatigable Isl.: Academy Bay, a 

 few trees in sandy soil near the shore; southeast side, low 

 dense groves around brackish lagoons (no. 1909). James 



