154 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Proc. 4th Ser. 



Lecocarpus Decaisne 



L. pinnatifidus Decaisne, Bot. Voy. Venus, Atlas t. 14 

 (1846). L. foliosus Decaisne, op. c, text, 20 (1864); Rob. 

 (1), 213. — Charles Isl. : low bushes, abundant in open 

 places among lava boulders near the shore and up to 700 ft. 

 (nos. 638-639). Chatham Isl. : Darwin. Endemic. 



Lipochaeta DC. 



L. laricifolia (Hook, f.) Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. V. 131 

 (1862). Macraea laricifolia Hook. f. (3), 210. L. laricifolia 

 Gray, 1. c. ; Rob. ( 1 ) , 214. — Abingdon Isl. : occasional bushes, 

 700-1000 ft., (no. 640). Albemarle Isl.: Cowley Bay, 

 occasional stunted bushes in the vicinity of the shore, bushes 

 3-4 ft. high, 300-2000 ft. ; Tagus Cove, common bushes on 

 tufaceous soil near the shore and on the sides of the mountain. 

 Above 2500 ft. it is by far the most predominant species, (no. 

 642); Villamil, occasional bushes, 75-600 ft, (no. 641). 

 Charles Isl. : occasional clumps of bushes near the shore, 

 abundant in scattering bunches, 450-1000 ft., and forming 

 dense thickets of bushes 6-8 ft. high, 1000-1450 ft., except on 

 the windward sides of the craters, where it does not occur 

 above 1200 ft., (no. 643). Chatham Isl.: Basso Point, 

 bushes at 800 ft. ; Wreck Bay, common bushes at 450 ft. (no. 

 644). Indefatigable Isl.: southeast side, common bushes 

 at 600 ft. James Isl. : James Bay, bushes 6-8 ft. high on the 

 edges of recent lava flows at 850 ft. (no. 645) ; northeast side, 

 abundant above 225 ft. Narborough Isl. : south side, Snod- 

 grass and Heller. Endemic. 



Pectis L. 



P. Anderssonii Rob. (1), 214. P. linearis Rob. & Greenm. 

 (1), 147, not La Llave. Lorentia linearis Anderss. (1), 174, 

 (2), 66. — Indefatigable Isl.: northwest side, abundant in 

 dry open areas below 300 ft. (no. 646). Endemic. 



P. Hookeri Rob. (1), 214. Lorentia gracilis Hook. f. (3), 

 206. — Albemarle Isl. : Tagus Cove, fairly abundant on the 

 tops of tufa cliffs (no. 648). Barrington Isl. : Baur; Snod- 

 grass and Heller. Charles Isl. : in crevices of the lava near 

 the shore (no. 647). Hood Isl.: Snodgrass and Heller. 



