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(no. 764). Chatham Isl. : Wreck Bay, common in open 

 grassy country above 800 ft. (nos. 762-763). Hood Isl.: 

 Snodgrass and Heller. Widely distributed. 



Elvira Cass. 



E. inelegans (Hook, f.) Rob. (1), 212. Desmocephalum 

 inelegans Hook. f. (3), 209. — Charles Isl.: Darwin. En- 

 demic. 



E. repens (Hook, f.) Rob. (1), 212. Microcoecia repens 

 Hook. f. (3), 209. — Albemarle Isl.: Tagus Cove, Snod- 

 grass and Heller. James Isl. : Darwin. Endemic. 



Encelia Adans. 



E. hispida Anderss. (1), 186, (2), 73; Rob. (1), 212.— 

 Barrington Isl.: common bushes, 2-3 ft. high, (no. 722). 

 Charles Isl. : Andersson. Chatham Isl. : north side, An- 

 dersson. Endemic. 



Erigeron L. 



E. lancifolius Hook. f. (3), 208; Rob. (1), 212.— Albe- 

 marle Isl. : Christopher Point, Snodgrass and Heller; Eliz- 

 abeth Bay, Snodgrass and Heller; Tagus Cove, spreading 

 bushes 3-4 ft. high, abundant on lava beds and tufa deposits 

 above 500 ft, (no. 723). Narborough Isl.: south side, 

 Snodgrass and Heller. The involucral bracts of this species 

 vary from glabrous to pilose. Endemic. 



Var. glabriusculus var. nov. 



Foliis lanceolatis, sparsa glabriusculus subtus tomentosis, margini- 

 bus recurvis, remotis denticulatis. 



Albemarle Isl. : Villamil, bushes 3-4 ft. high on the rim of 

 the crater at 3150 ft. (no. 724). Endemic. 



E. linifolius Willd. Sp. III. 1955 (1804) ; Rob. (1), 212.— 

 Albemarle Isl. : Villamil, occasional in open grassy country 

 above 1800 ft. (no. 725). Charles Isl.: common in open 

 places at 1250 ft, occasional at 1650 ft., (nos. 726-727). 

 Chatham Isl. : Wreck Bay, common in grassy country 

 around 1400 ft. (no. 728). Widely distributed in warm coun- 

 tries. 



January 13, 1911. 



