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E. tenuifolius Hook. f. (3), 207; Rob. (1), 212.— Abing- 

 don IsL. : common bushes 3-4 ft. high, 600-1650 ft., (nos. 

 729-730). Albemarle Isl. : Cowley Bay, low bushes on 

 pumice soil, 600-2000 ft., (no. 731); Elizabeth Bay, Snod- 

 grass and Heller; Tagus Cove, Snodgrass and Heller; Villa- 

 mil, common bushes on lava beds and in woodland below 550 

 ft. (no. 732). Charles Isl.: common bushes, 800-1400 ft., 

 one of the commonest bushes in the wooded area around 1000 

 ft, (nos. 733-734). Duncan Isl.: common bushes around 

 1000 ft. The specimen has short linear leaves and differs 

 considerably in appearance from the specimen collected on 

 this island by Baur, (no. 735). Indefatigable Isl.: north- 

 west side, rare in woodland at 850 ft. (no. 738) ; southeast 

 side, bushes 6-8 ft. high in woodland, 450-650 ft., (nos. 736- 

 737). James Isl.: James Bay, commop bushes on the edges 

 of lava fields around 450 ft. The specimen from this place has 

 the bracts of the involucre slightly tomentose, (no. 739). This 

 species shows a considerable variation in the length and pubes- 

 cence of the leaves, in some instances on specimens from the 

 same island, but the floral characters are fairly constant 

 throughout. Endemic. 



Variety tomentosus nov. var, 



Foliis anguste acuminatis, marginibus recurvis supra subglaber- 

 rimis vel pilosis subtus tomentosis, 2.5-7.5 cm. longis, 1 mm. latis; 

 involucris squamis oblongis vel linearibus exterioribus tomentosis. 



James Isl. : James Bay, bushes 4-7 ft. high above 900 ft. 

 One of the commonest bushes in the forests of Scalesia pedun- 

 culata on the upper parts of the island, (nos. 740-741). En- 

 demic. 



Eupatorium L. 



E. filicaule Sch. Bip. in Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. XXI. 384 

 (1886); Rob. (1), 213. — Albemarle Isl.: Cowley Bay, 

 common bushes at 2000 ft. (no. 630) ; Iguana Cove, Snod- 

 grass and Heller. Indefatigable Isl. : Academy Bay, 

 abundant in a dense growth of vines and bushes, 450-650 ft., 

 (nos. 626-629). Further distr. Mex., W. S. Am. 



E. ? sp. Hook. f. (4), 261 ; Rob. (1), 213.— Charles Isl. : 

 Edmonston. Endemic. 



