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each other that it is often difficult to decide to which species a 

 specimen belongs. While the extremes present very pronounced 

 specific characters, the intermediate forms often partake of the 

 characters of both species to a greater or less extent. Endemic. 



Cordia L. 



C. Anderssoni Giirke, op. c. 83; Rob. (1), 189.— Charles 

 IsL. : Andersson; Lee. Chatham Isl. : north side, Anders- 

 son. James Isl.: James Bay, occasional bushes (no. 3157). 

 Endemic. 



C. galapagensis Giirke, op. c. 83; Rob. (1), 190. — Abingdon 

 Isl.: common bushes above 450 ft. (no. 3158). Albemarle 

 Isl.: Cowley Bay, common bushes at 2000 ft. (no. 3163); 

 Elizabeth Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Iguana Cove, common 

 near the shore (no. 3159); Tagus Cove, common bushes to 

 4,000 ft. (nos. 3161-3162). Barrington Isl. : bushes 6-8 ft. 

 high at 350 ft. (no. 3164). Chatham Isl. : Basso Point, low 

 spreading bushes on recent lava (no. 3166) ; Wreck Bay, occa- 

 sional bushes to 650 ft. (no. 3165). Duncan Isl. : occasional 

 bushes to 650 ft. (no. 3167). Hood Isl.: occasional bushes 

 all over the island (no. 3168). Indefatigable Isl.: north- 

 west side, Andersson; Baur. Narborough Isl. : Snodgrass 

 and Heller. Endemic. 



C. Hookeriana Giirke, 1. c. ; Rob. (1), 190. — Albemarle 

 Isl. : Cowley Bay, occasional bushes near the shore (no. 

 3171); Elizabeth Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Iguana Cove, 

 slender bushes on the side of a steep cliff above the cove (no. 

 3173) ; Tagus Cove, Snodgrass and Heller; Villamil, common 

 bushes 6-8 ft. high on lava beds in the vicinity of the shore and 

 up to 350 ft. (no. 3172). Charles Isl. : occasional bushes in 

 tufaceous soil mixed with small pieces of lava at 1000 ft. (no. 

 3174). James Isl.: James Bay, common bushes fringing 

 recent lava flows on the lower parts (no. 3175); northeast 

 side, occasional bushes 10-12 ft. high (no. 3176). Narbor- 

 ough Isl. : north side, bushes 4-6 ft. high on lava beds ; south 

 side, Snodgrass and Heller. Endemic. 



C. leucophlyctis Hook. f. (3), 199; Rob. (1), 190.— Albe- 

 marle Isl. : Macrae; Darwin. James Isl. : Scouler; Baur. 

 Endemic. 



