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the sides of the craters above this elevation to 1700 ft. (nos. 

 3253-3254). Chatham Isl. : Wreck Bay, common bushes 

 above 400 ft. (no. 3255). Duncan Isl.: at 1275 ft. Inde- 

 fatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, common bushes in a dense 

 growth of vegetation in the open areas around 550 ft. and 

 above (no. 3256). James Isl.: James Bay, occurs to some 

 extent on the lower parts, abundant at 2100 ft., occasional at 

 2850 ft., (nos. 3257-3258). There is much variation in the 

 amount of pubescence. Endemic. 



T. strigosa Anderss. (1), 207, (2), 85, t. 9, f. 3 ; Rob. (1), 

 194, — Albemarle Isl. : Turtle Cove, occasional low spread- 

 ing bushes in the vicinity of the shore (no. 3259) ; Villamil, 

 Baur. Charles Isl. : Andersson. Chatham Isl. : Anders- 

 son. Indefatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, occasional bushes 

 in sandy soil near the shore (no. 3262) ; north side, occasional 

 bushes at 250 ft. (no. 3261) ; southeast side, bushes at 550 ft. 

 (no. 3260). James Isl.: James Bay, common bushes 4-7 ft. 

 high (no. 3263). Endemic. 



T. syringaefolia Vahl, Symb. III. 23 (1794). T. laurifolia 

 Vent. Choix. PI. 2 (1803) ; Rob. (1), 193.— Chatham Isl.: 

 Chierchia according to Caruel. James Isl.: Andersson. 

 Possibly a less pubescent form of either T. psilostachya or T. 

 puhescens. Further distr. Mex., tropical S. Am. 



VERBENACEAE 



Avicennia L. 



A. officinalis L. Sp. PI. 110 (1753) ; Rob. (1), 194.— Albe- 

 marle Isl.: Elizabeth Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Turtle 

 Cove, common on pebble beaches, sometimes attaining the size 

 of large trees, (no. 3266) ; Turtle Point, common, according 

 to /. 5. Hunter; Villamil, common trees around salt lakes, and 

 to some extent on sand beaches. Charles Isl. : common on 

 the beach and around a salt lake (no. 3267). Chatham Isl. : 

 Sappho Cove, occasional small trees around salt pools (no. 

 3268). Duncan Isl. : a single small tree of this species was 

 found in a cove on the northeast side of the island (no. 3269). 

 Indefatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, low trees on the beach 

 and around salt marshes (no. 3270) ; southeast side, small 



