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we visited this island there were no brooks except in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of two small springs. 



UMBELLIFERAE 

 Apium L, 



A. laciniatum (DC.) Urb. in Mart. Fl. Bras. XI. 1, 343 

 (1879). Helosciadium laciniatum DC. Mem. Soc. Phys. 

 Genev. IV. 495 (1828). A. laciniatum Urb. 1. c. ; Rob. (1), 

 184. — Charles Isl. : on the rim of a crater at 1550 ft. (no. 

 3046). Further distr. W. S. Am. 



A. leptophyllum (DC.) F. Muell, ace. to Benth. Fl. Aust. 

 III. 372 (1866). Helosciadium leptophyllum DC. Mem. Soc. 

 Phys. Genev. IV. 493 (1828). A. leptophyllum F. Muell. 1. c. ; 

 Rob. (1), 184. — Abingdon Isl.: common among rocks in 

 open grassy country around 1100 ft. (no. 3049). Albemarle 

 Isl. : Iguana Cove, Snodgrass and Heller; Tagus Cove, abund- 

 ant in shady places at 4000 ft. (no. 3048) ; Villamil, common, 

 700-3150 ft, (no. 3047). Chatham Isl.: Wreck Bay, in 

 open grassy country around 900 ft. (no. 3050). James Isl. : 

 Darwin. Widely distributed. 



Centella L. 



C. asiatica (L.) Urb. in Mart. Fl. Bras. XL 1, 287 (1879). 



Hydrocotyle asiatica L. Sp. PI. 234 (1753). C. asiatica Urb. 

 1. c. ; Rob. (1), 184. — Albemarle Isl.: Villamil, common in 

 moist protected places among rocks at 1500 ft. (no. 3050). 

 Chatham Isl. : Wreck Bay, abundant in grassy country above 

 1200 ft. (no. 3052). Duncan Isl.: in protected places 

 around 1250 ft. (no. 3053). Widely distributed. 



Hydrocotyle L. 



H. galapagensis Rob. (1), 184. — Chatham Isl.: upper 

 regions, Baur. Endemic. 



Petroselinum Koch 



P. sativum Hoffm. Gen. Umb. 177 (1814) ; Rob. (1), 184. 

 — Charles Isl. : Andersson. Introduced from the Old 

 World, according to Rob. 1. c. 



