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they increase somewhat in size, but do not form trees as is 

 usually the case at this elevation; Iguana Cove, Snodgrass and 

 Heller; Villamil, bushes at 100 ft., low forest trees common at 

 350-600 ft., (no. 3025). Chatham Isl. : Wreck Bay, com- 

 mon bushes and low trees, 150-400 ft., (nos. 3026-3027). 

 Indefatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, bushes at 300 ft., grad- 

 ually increasing in size to 600 ft., where the species occurs 

 abundantly as forest trees often 2 ft. or more in diameter, (no. 

 3028). James Isl.: James Bay, occasional small trees, 350- 

 2800 ft., (no. 3029). There are usually no epiphytic plants 

 found on this species, probably owing to the fact that the bark 

 is so smooth that spores and small seeds would have difificulty 

 in finding a lodgement. The wood is dark brown in color and 

 is very close grained. It is used by the natives of Albemarle 

 Island in making the hubs and felloes for their carts, a use for 

 which it seems well adapted. Endemic. 



COMBRETACEAE 

 Conocarpus Gaertn. 



C. erectus L. Sp. PI. 176 (1753); Rob. (1), 182.— Albe- 

 marle Isl. : Iguana Cove, Snodgrass and Heller; Turtle Cove, 

 bushes in low dense thickets just back of the beach; Villamil, 

 common in thickets near the shore, trees 25 ft. and more in 

 height around brackish pools some distance back from the 

 shore, (no. 3031). Chatham Isl.: Sappho Cove, bushes on 

 sand beaches (no. 3032). Indefatigable Isl.: Academy 

 Bay, occasional low bushes on the beach (no. 3033). James 

 Isl. : James Bay, low bushes forming thickets on sand beaches 

 (no. 3034). Widely distributed in tropical regions. 



Laguncularia Gaertn. 



L. racemosa (L.) Gaertn. Fruct. III. 209, t. 217, f. 2 (1805). 

 Conocarpus racemosus L. Syst. ed. 10, 930 (1760). L. race- 

 mosa Gaertn. 1. c. ; Rob. (1), 183. — Abingdon Isl.: forming 

 dense low thickets on sand beaches (no. 3035). Albemarle 

 Isl. : Cowley Bay, forming a grove of small trees on a gravel 

 beach; Christopher Point, Snodgrass and Heller; Elizabeth 

 Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Turtle Cove, low dense thickets 

 on the beach ; Villamil, abundant, forming low dense forests of 



