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pauperatum in having the stem and leaves covered with a dense 

 white tomentum. The specimen is sterile, (no. 1968). 



A. sp. — ^Indefatigable Isl, : northeast side, sterile and in- 

 determinate (no. 1969). 



Anoda Cav. 



A. hastata Cav. Diss. I. 38, t. 11, f. 2 (1790) ; Rob. (1), 

 173. — Charles Isl. : fairly common in open meadows around 

 1200 ft. (nos. 1974-1975). Further distr. U. S., Mex., W. 

 Ind., S. Am. 



Bastardia HBK. 



B. viscosa (L.) HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. V. 256 (1821). 

 Sida viscosa L. Syst. ed. 10, 1145 (1760). B. viscosa HBK. 

 1. c. ; Rob. (1), 173. — Abingdon Isl. : common in open brushy 

 country around 600 ft. (no. 1976). Albemarle Isl. : Iguana 

 Cove, Snodgrass and Heller. Chatham Isl. : Basso Point, 

 abundant to above 900 ft. (no. 1977). Duncan Isl.: occa- 

 sional low bushes all over the lower parts of the island (nos. 

 1979-1980). Hood Isl. : on the margin of a dried lake in the 

 interior of the island and at 600 ft. (nos. 1981-1982). Inde- 

 fatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, occasional at 100 ft. (no. 

 1985) ; north side, common above 100 ft. (no. 1986) ; north- 

 east side, (no. 1984) ; northwest side, bushes 2-3 ft. high in 

 tufaceous soil near the shore. James Isl. : James Bay, low 

 bushes to 1000 ft. (no. 1987). Further distr. Mex., W. Ind., 

 S. Am. 



Gossypium L. 



G. barbadense L. Sp. PI. 693 (1753); Rob. (1), 173.— 

 Abingdon Isl. : occasional bushes on the lower parts (no. 

 1989). Albemarle Isl.: Iguana Cove, Snodgrass and 

 Heller; Tagus Cove, common bushes in the flat country around 

 the base of the mountain and in deep canyons on its sides (no. 

 1990). Barrington Isl. : Baur. Charles Isl. : Andersson; 

 Snodgrass and Heller. Chatham Isl. : north side, Darwin; 

 Baur; Wreck Bay, common bushes to 550 ft., very abundant in 

 rocky soil in the vicinity of the shore. Duncan Isl. : bushes, 

 100-1300 ft., (no. 1993). Gardner Isl. (near Hood Isl.) : 

 Snodgrass and Heller. Hood Isl. : common bushes to 450 

 ft. (nos. 1994-1995). Indefatigable Isl.: southeast side, 

 common bushes to 625 ft. (no. 1996). James Isl.: Darzvin. 



