PROCKEDINGS 



OF THE 



CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Fourth Series 



Vol. I, pp. 375-404 January 19, 1912 



EXPEDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF 



SCIENCES TO THE GALAPAGOS 



ISLANDS, 1905-1906 



V. 

 NOTES ON THE BOTANY OF COCOS ISLAND 



BY ALBAN STEWART 

 Botanist to the Galapagos Expedition 



During the autumn of 1905, while acting as Botanist of the 

 scientific expedition sent to the Galapagos Islands by the Cali- 

 fornia Academy of Sciences, our party stopped at Cocos Island 

 from September 3rd to 13th inclusive, during which time a 

 considerable collection of plants was made. 



Owing to the fact that Dr. B. L. Robinson of the Gray 

 Herbarium, and Professor H. Pittier of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, have a catalogue of the plants of 

 this island in preparation, in which all of the scattered refer- 

 ences to its' flora will be brought together, the present paper 

 will deal mainly with the collection of plants and notes made 

 by the author, so as not to infringe upon the work already done 

 by these gentlemen. 



The collection was identified at the Gray Herbarium of 

 Harvard University some three years ago, but owing to the 

 more pressing need of getting the results of the work done in 

 the Galapagos Islands ready for publication, the author has 



January 16, 1912 



