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sessilibus 9.3 cm. longis, 1.4 cm. latis; capitulis subglobosis multifloris 

 2.7 cm. latis longe-pedunculatis; pedunculis bruneo-puberulis 6.7 cm. 

 longis; squamis involucri lanceolatis 8 mm. longis sericeo-villosis; 

 paleis conduplicatis carinatis apice puberulis 3-dentatis; acheniis ob- 

 longis compressis glaberrimis bruneo-griseis 4 mm. longis, 2 mm. latis; 

 corollis ignotis. 



S. Darzvinii Rob. (1), 216, not Hook, f., Type no. 107 Gray 

 Herbarium. — Charles Isl. : common bushes in the vicinity of 

 the shore at Cormorant Bay, and in the interior of the island 

 at 550 ft, (no. 692). Plate IV, figs. 1-3. Endemic. 



Var. championensis nov. var. 



Foliis revolutis utrinque sparse villosis 8.3 cm. longis, 1.8 cm. latis. 



Champion Isl.: /. R. Slevin collector (no. 1025). En- 

 demic. 



S. sp. — Culpepper Isl. : bushes, evidently of a species of 

 Scalesia, were noticed on the upper and inaccessible parts of 

 the island. The bushes were of about the same size as those of 

 S. Snodgrassii on Wenman Isl. Endemic. 



Sonchus L. 



S. oleraceus L. Sp. PI. 794 (1753) ; Rob. (1), 220.— Albe- 

 marle Isl. : Iguana Cove, abundant among rocks near the 

 shore (no. 694) ; Tagus Cove, common at 4000 ft. (no. 695) ; 

 Villamil, common at 700 ft., occasional at 1300 ft., (no. 693). 

 Charles Isl. : occasional among rocks at 1550 ft. (no. 696). 

 Chatham Isl. : Wreck Bay, common, 800-1200 ft., (nos. 

 697-698). Widely distributed. 



Spilanthes L. 



S. Acmella Murr. Syst. ed. 13, 610 (1774) ; Rob. (1), 220. 

 — Charles Isl. : Edmonston. Narborough Isl. : south side, 

 Snodgrass and Heller. Widely distributed in tropics. 



S. diffusa Hook. f. (3), 214; Rob. (1), 220.— Charles 

 Isl. : in moist places at 1700 ft. (no. 699). James Isl. : Dar- 

 win. Endemic. 



Tagetes L. 



T. erectaL. Sp. PI. 887 (1753) ; Rob. (1), 220.— Chatham 

 Isl. : Chierchia. Widely distributed. 



