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bushes and small trees on sand beaches around the bay. 

 Charles Isl. : low dense thickets on the beach (no. 3036). 

 Chatham Isl. : Sappho Cove, bushes and small trees on sand 

 beaches (no. 3037). Duncan Isl.: a few stunted bushes on 

 the shore of a cove on the northeast side (no. 3038). Inde- 

 fatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, common bushes and small trees 

 around the shores of the bay (no. 3039) ; southeast side, low 

 spreading trees, with rounded tops, near the shore ; also noticed 

 in various other places on the north and northwest sides of the 

 island, (nos. 3040-3041). James Isl.: James Bay, common 

 on sand beaches (no. 3043). It also occurs in various other 

 places on the north and south shores. Jervis Isl. : bushes and 

 small trees around a salt lagoon (no. 3042). Narborough 

 Isl. : northeast side, common bushes around bays and lagoons ; 

 east side, Snodgrass and Heller. Seymour Isl., south : 

 groves of mangroves, either of this species or Rhizophora 

 Mangle, possibly both, were noticed on the south shore of this 

 island while we were cruising along the north shore of Inde- 

 fatigable Island on one of our numerous turtle-fishing expedi- 

 tions. 



MELASTOMACEAE 



Miconia R. & P. 



M. Robinsoniana Cogniaux in Rob. (1), 183. — Chatham 

 Isl. : Wreck Bay, in ditches, 1000-1700 ft. In various places 

 in this region there are deep ditches with perpendicular walls, 

 apparently dug. These bushes, along with several species of 

 ferns, are usually found in such ditches, (no. 3044). En- 

 demic. 



ONAGRACEAE 



Jussiaea L. 



J. repens L. Sp. PI. 388 (1753). — Chatham Isl.: Wreck 

 Bay, in pools and in small streams, 1000-1700 ft., (no. 3045). 

 Widely distributed in tropical countries. 



HALORRHAGIDACEAE 

 Myriophyllum L. 



M. sp. Wolf. (1), 284; Rob. (1), 183.— Charles Isl.: in 

 a brook near the hacienda, according to Wolf, 1. c. At the times 



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