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Tagus Cove, common in tufaceous soil on the lower parts, occa- 

 sional at 4000 ft., (no. 3285) ; Turtle Cove, (no. 3286) ; 

 Villamil, occasional bushes on lava beds (no. 3287). Bar- 

 RiNGTON IsL. : Suodgrass and Heller. Bindloe Isl. : com- 

 mon bushes to 300 ft. (no. 3289). Charles Isl. : (no. 3290). 

 Champion Isl. : /. R. Slevin collector (no. 3291). Chatham 

 Isl.: Wreck Bay, bushes 3-4 ft. high (no. 3292). Duncan 

 Isl.: occasional bushes at 1100 ft. (no. 3293). Gardner 

 Isl. (near Hood Isl.) : (no. 3294). Hood Isl.: one of the 

 commonest bushes, often forming thickets 5-7 ft. high. Inde- 

 fatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, low bushes near the shore (no. 

 3295). James Isl. : James Bay, forming thickets 3-6 ft. high 

 near the shore, occasional at 1000 ft., (no. 3298). Jervis 

 Isl. : Baur. Narborough Isl. : south side, Snodgrass and 

 Heller. Tower Isl. : Snodgrass and Heller. "Endemic" 

 according to Rob., 1. c, who suggests that it may ultimately be 

 identified with one of the continental species, (cf. L. lilacina 

 and L. canescens HBK.), or segregated into several more or 

 less distinct forms. 



Lippia Houst. 



L. canescens HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. II. 263 (1817) ; Rob. 

 (1), 196. — Charles Isl.: common in open meadows around 

 1000 ft. and on the side of the main mountain at 1600 ft. (nos. 

 3299-3301, 3303). Chatham Isl.: Wreck Bay, occasional 

 in moist shady places on the lower parts in January (no. 3302). 

 Duncan Isl. : Snodgrass and Heller. Hood Isl. : a few 

 specimens were seen in a flat area in the interior of the island, 

 which is probably the mud lake from which Snodgrass and 

 Heller obtained their specimens. Further distr. S. Am. 



L. rosmarinifolia Anderss. (1), 198, (2), 80; Rob. (1), 196. 

 — Abingdon Isl. : occasional bushes at 650 ft., common at 

 1300-1550 ft, (no. 3304). Albemarle Isl.: Cowley Bay, 

 occasional bushes near the shore (no. 3306) ; Elizabeth Bay, 

 Snodgrass and Heller; Tagus Cove, bushes 5-6 ft. high on the 

 sides of the mountain to 4000 ft. (no. 3307) ; Villamil, occa- 

 sional bushes on lava beds near sea level (no. 3308). The 

 specimens from this place have the leaves slightly toothed, 

 while those from Tagus Cove have this character very strongly 

 marked. Also noted by Robinson, 1. c. James Isl. : (no. 



