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parts, especially abundant in gullies and small canyons, where 

 they often form impenetrable thickets. James Isl. : James 

 Bay, common bushes to 1350 ft. Jervis Isl. : abundant near 

 the shore, occasional at 1050 ft. On the upper part of the 

 island the branches are procumbent, the spines short and weak, 

 and the leaves rather large, (no. 1954). Seymour Isl.] 

 NORTH : Snodgrass and Heller; south : common in thickets 

 of Maytenus ohovata bushes. Further distr. Ecuador. 



VITACEAE 



Cissus L. 



C. sicyoides L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 897 (1760); Rob. (1), 

 172. — Albemarle Isl. : Iguana Cove, common on rocks near 

 the shore (no. 1955) ; Villamil, rare on the trunks of trees at 

 600 ft. (no. 1956). Bindloe Isl.: Snodgrass and Heller. 

 Charles Isl. : common on moist rocks at 1000 ft. (nos. 1957- 

 1958). Narborough Isl. : Snodgrass and Heller. Further 

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



Vitis L. 



V.vinifera L. Sp. PI. 202 (1753); Rob. (1), 172.— 

 Charles Isl. : Chierchia. Further distr. Old World. 



TILIACEAE 

 Corchorus L. 



C. pilobolus Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. II. 72 (1822) ; Rob. 

 (1), 172. — Albemarle Isl.: Iguana Cove, Snodgrass and 

 Heller. Charles Isl. : occasional in dry ashy soil at 1200 

 ft. (no. 1959). Gardner Isl. (near Hood Isl.) : Snodgrass 

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



Triumfetta L. 



T. semitriloba Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 22 (1762) ; Rob. (1), 

 172. — Albemarle Isl. : Iguana Cove, Snodgrass and Heller; 

 Turtle Cove, fruit of a Triumfetta was found attached to the 

 hair of a cow killed by a member of the party in this vicinity. 

 It probably belongs to this species. Widely distributed in warm 

 countries. 



