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Bay, abundant in shady woodland at 250 ft. (no. 3435). 

 James Isl. : James Bay, low bushes in woodland around 2500 

 ft. (no. 3436). Further distr. tropical and subtropical 

 America. 



BIGNONIACEAE? 



Tecoma Juss.? 



T. sp.? Caruel (1), 622; Rob. (1), 202.— Chatham Isl.: 

 Chierchia. 



ACANTHACEAE 

 Dicliptera Juss. 

 D. peruviana (Lam.) Juss. Ann. Mus. Par. IX. 268 (1806). 

 Justicia peruviana Lam. Diet. I. 633 (1783). D. peruviana 

 Juss. 1. c. ; Rob. ( 1 ) , 203. — James Isl. : James Bay, common 

 in shady places at 850 ft. (nos. 3443-3444). Further distr. 

 W. S. Am. 



Justicia L. 



J. galapagana Lindau, in Rob. (1), 203. — Abingdon Isl.: 

 common, 550-1450 ft., (nos. 3445-3447). Albemarle Isl.: 

 Iguana Cove, common above 500 ft. (no. 3448) ; Villamil, 

 occasional in woodland, 400-1300 ft., (nos. 3449-3452). In- 

 defatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, common in woodland, 350- 

 500 ft, (nos. 3454-3455). James Isl.: James Bay, occa- 

 sional, 350-2850 ft, (nos. 3458-3460). Endemic. 



Ruellia Plum. 

 R. paniculata L. Sp. PI. 635 (1753). — Chatham Isl.: 

 Basso Point, occasional at 750 ft. (no. 3461). Further distr. 

 Mex., W. Ind., S. Am. 



Tetramerium Nees 

 T. hispidum Nees in DC. Prodr. XL 468 (1847) ; Rob. (1), 

 204. — Albemarle Isl. : Cowley Bay, common around 2000 

 ft. (no. 3462) ; Elizabeth Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Iguana 

 Cove, a few specimens on the side of the clifif above the cove 

 (no. 3464). Charles Isl. : common in flat country near Post 

 Office Bay at 200 ft., and in crevices of the lava at 650 ft., 

 (nos. 3465-3466). Chatham Isl.: Wreck Bay, common in 

 open sunny places around 200 ft. (nos. 3467-3468). Inde- 



