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glabro. — Herbula ramulis ad 3 cm. longis et circa 1 mm. crassis, dense 
pilosulis. Foliorum limbi in sicco membranacei ad 7 mm. longi et 
ad 3} mm. lati. Amenta confertiflora in sicco rufescentia pedunculis 
3 mm. longis, rhachis glabra. Ovarium sessile.” — ALBEMARLE ISL.: 
Iguana Cove, on trees and bushes, Snodgrass & feller, no. 130 (hb. 
Gr. and hb. C. DC.). Endemic. 
P. nov. sp. — ALBEMARLE IsL.: mountain east of Tagus Cove, alt. 
925 m., Snodgrass & Heller, no. 232 (hb. Gr.). Determined by Mr. 
Casimir de Candolle. Endemic. 
P. sp. Rob. & Greenm. (1), 148.— Cnatuam Ist.: Baur. (Spec- 
imen not in hb. Gr. but sent as unicate to hb. Clark Univ.). 
URTICACEAE. 
Fievurya, Gaud. 
F. aestuans, Gaud. in Freye. Voy. Bot. 497 (1826): Anderss. (2), 
58. F. aestuans, var. tuberculata (poorly marked), Wedd. in DC. 
Prodr. xvi. pt. 1, 72 (1869); Rob. & Greenm. (1), 148. F. cordata, 
Gaud. 1. c. 498, & Bot. Bonite, t. 83; Wedd. Arch. Mus. ix. 110; 
Anderss. (2), 57. ? Urtica canadensis, Hook. f. (3), 182; Anderss. 
(1), 160; not L. U. divaricata, Hook. f. (3), 181; Anderss. (1), 159; 
not L. U. latifolia, & tuberculata, Anderss. (1), 159, & (2), 57, 58. 
U. racemosa, Anderss. (2), 57. ? Laportea canadensis, Anderss. (2), 
58, not Gaud. — ALBemar.e Ist.: Iguana Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, 
nos. 55 (hb. Gr.), 100 (hb. Gr.); southern portion, Baw, no. 240 
(hb. Gr.) ; Tagus Cove, tolerably common in shady places from the 
beach to 300 m. alt., Snodgrass & Heller, no. 186 (hb. Gr.). CHARLES 
Ist.: Darwin; Andersson (hb. Gr.). Cuatuam Ist.: Snodgrass & 
Heller, no, 525 (hb. Gr.). James Ist.: Darwin, ace. to Anderss. L 6. 
under Laportea canadensis, but not mentioned by Hooker f.; James 
a abundant in lava soil under bushes, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 375 
(hb. Gr.). Narsoroven Ist.: southern portion, Snodgrass & Heller, 
no. 339 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. trop. S. Am. 
Parretaria, L. 
P. pepiits, G. Forst. Fl, Ins. Aust. Prodr. 73 (1786). P. floridana, 
Hook. f. (3), 182 (see Wedd. Arch. Mus. ix, 516); Anderss. (1), 160, 
& (2), 58. — Cuarres Ist.: Darwin. James Isu.: Darwin. Further 
distrib. trop. Am., Asia, Pacific Ids, 
