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VERBENACEAE 



Cornutia L. 



C. grandifolia (Ch. & Schl.) Schau. in DC. Prod. XI. 682 

 (1847). Hosta grandifolia Ch. & Sch. Linn. V. 97 (1830) : 

 bushes about 8 ft. high on the sides of cliffs and on the banks 

 of the stream near Wafer Bay, (No. 318). Further distr. 

 S. Mex. 



COMPOSITAE 

 Blainvillea Cass. 



B. biaristata DC. Prod. V. 492 (1836) : common in culti- 

 vated ground, (No. 319). Further distr. Brazil. 



Clibadium L. 



C. acuminatum Benth. Bot. Sulph. 114 (1844): common 

 bushes near Wafer Bay, (No. 326). Endemic. 



Rolandra Rottb. 



R. argentea Rottb. Coll. Havn. II. 258 (1775) : common on 

 the sides of the cliffs near Chatham Bay, (No. 327). Further 

 distr. Panama, W. Ind., N. S. Am. 



Wedelia Jacq. 



W. paludosa DC. Prod. V. 538 (1836) : very abundant in 

 open places on the sides of the hills above Chatham Bay, some- 

 times covering the ground with a dense mass of vegetation 2-3 

 ft. high to the exclusion of almost all other plants. It also 

 occurs to some extent at Wafer Bay, occasional specimens 

 being seen at 600 ft. in this region, (No. 328). Further distr. 

 Cent. Am., N. S. Am. 



The following species of mosses occurring in the collection 

 were identified by Dr. W. G. Farlow : 



Pilotrichum bipinnatum (Sch.) Brid. 

 Hypnella pallescens (Hook) Jaej. 

 Syrrhopodon rigidus Hook, and Grev. 

 Octoblepharum albidum Hedw. 

 Rhyzogenium spiniforme (L.) Bruch. 



