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east side, on rocks and bushes at 600 ft. (no. 1939). James 

 IsL. : James Bay, abundant below 1300 ft. Endemic. 



Dodonaea L. 



D. viscosa Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 19 (1762); Rob. (1), 

 171. — Albemarle Isl. : Cowley Bay, low bushes in disinte- 

 grated pumice near the shore (no. 1943) ; Villamil, occasional 

 bushes on lava beds below 100 ft. (no. 1942). James Isl.: 

 James Bay, occasional bushes 4-5 ft. high on basaltic lava at 

 850 ft. (no. 1944). Further distr. general in warm countries. 



Var. spathulata Benth. Fl. Aust. I. 476 (1863); Rob. (1), 

 171. — Albemarle Isl. : Cowley Bay, small trees and bushes 

 around 1800 ft. (no. 1946) ; Tagus Cove, bushes 4-5 ft. high, 

 abundant on lava beds above 2000 ft., (no. 1945). There are 

 occasional clumps of bushes, which apparently belong to this 

 species, on the floor of the crater. Further distr. general in 

 warm countries. 



Sapindus L. 



S. Saponaria L. Sp. PI. 367 (1753) ; Rob. (1), 171.— Albe- 

 marle Isl. : Villamil, forest trees, abundant at 350-700 ft., 

 scattering specimens to 1300 ft. The largest forest tree found 

 on the islands, (no. 1947). Further distr. S. U. S., Mex., W. 

 Ind., S. Am. 



RHAMNACEAE 



Discaria Hook. 



D. pauciflora Hook. f. (3), 229; Rob. (1), 171.— Albe- 

 marle Isl. : Cowley Bay, occasional bushes from the shore to 

 1300 ft.; Elizabeth Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Cape Rose, 

 occasional low bushes ; Tagus Cove, occasional bushes near the 

 coast ; Villamil, common bushes on the lower parts. Barring- 

 ton Isl.: common bushes near the shore (no. 1949). 

 Charles Isl.: common bushes near the beach (no. 1951). 

 Chatham Isl.: Basso Point, common bushes to 900 ft.; 

 Wreck Bay, abundant near the shore, occasional at 900 ft., (no. 

 1952). Duncan Isl.: procumbent bushes at 700 ft. Hood 

 Isl. : common bushes on sand beaches. The spines are unusu- 

 ally large and the leaves reduced on the specimens taken at this 

 place, (no. 1950). Indefatigable Isl.: north side, Snod- 

 grass and Heller; southeast side, common bushes on the lower 



