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in superioribus acutis, basi subtruncato, lamina 2-2.6 cm. longa 2.4—3 em. 
lata penninervia, subtus haud vel paullo pallidiore ; petiolo 3-4 mm. longo 
recurvato: capitulis in dichotomis sessilibus ovoideis 4-6 mm. longis 
4 mm. crassis apice rotundatis ochraceo-pubescentibus ; floribus arcte 
imbricatis obcompressis triquetris; squamis exterioribus tribus, quam 
interiores multo brevioribus lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis acutis, in 
parte superiore ochraceo-pubescentibus, carina subrigida, marginibus 
tenue membranaceis, squamis interioribus (sepalis) 3 ovato-lanceolatis 
acutis rigidioribus opacis 3.5 mm. longis; staminibus 5 glabris, filamentis 
gracillimis 1.7 mm. longis, antheris 1.3 mm. longis; staminodeis 5 
tenuibus filamento subaequantibus, apice argute 2-3-partitis; ovario 
obovoideo, stylo breve crasso cum stigmate depresse-globoso, — CUL- 
PEPPER Ist.: 10 December, 1898, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 1 (hb. Gr.). 
A species to be readily distinguished from its Galapageian congeners by 
its broadly ovate or suborbicular stem-leaves. Endemic. Puate 1, 
FIGs. 5, 6, and 7. 
Var. obtusior, nov. var. Conspicue ochracea; foliis omnibus latissime 
oblongis vel ovato-oblongis obtusissimis. — WENMAN IsL.: 14 December, 
1898, Snodgrass & Heller, no.7 (hb. Gr.). Endemic. PuiatTe 1, Fic. 8. 
T. nuprcavtis, Moq.-Tand. in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, 369 (1849); 
Anderss. (1), 167, & (2), 62, t. 5, f. 1; Rob. & Greenm. (1), 148. 
T. flavicoma, Rob. & Greenm. (1), 148, in part (as to pl. Chatham 
Isl.). Bucholtzia nudicaulis, Hook. f. (3), 191.— Gaapacos Ips. : 
without further data (hb. Gr.). ALBEMARLE IJsL.: eastern portion, 
Cowley Bay, Bawr, no. 294 (hb. Gr.); southern part, Baur, no. 293 
(hb. Gr.) ; on mountain east of Tagus Cove, alt. 925 m., Snodgrass & 
Heller, no. 249 (hb. Gr.). Cnartes Isz.: Darwin; in very dry 
places, Andersson (bb. Gr.). Cuataam Ist.: northern part, Baur, 
no. 292 (hb. Gr.), leafless and doubtful. Duncan Isi.: Snodgrass & 
Heller, no. 710 (hb. Gr.). James Ist.: Orchilla Bay, Baur, no. 295 
(hb. Gr.). Further distrib. S. Chili, J. @. Reynolds (hb. Gr.)! 
T. rugulosa. nov. sp., frutex arborescens ; ramulis teretibus dichotomis 
griseis et breviter stellato-tomentellis mox glabrescentibus ; foliis oppositis 
graciliter petiolatis oblongis penninerviis supra rugulosis tenuissime 
stellato-pubescentibus subtus multo pallidioribus canescentibus tomentellis 
basi cuneatis apice rotundatis vel obtusis apiculatisque ; spicis in dicho- 
tomis sessilibus ovoideis vel breviter teretibus albidis ; bracteis lanceolatis 
acutissimis apice plus minusve reflexis vel uncinatis ; sepalis exterioribus 
lanceolatis hyalinis acutissimis glabris carina rigidiuscula ; interioribus 
