THE AZORES 401 



Plants of the Woods (cont.) 





Canaries 



Madeira 



Africa 



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Remarks 



Hedera canadensis 

 (Willd.) 



+ 



+ ? 









Near H. helix (Wat- 

 son). 



i Arceuthobium oxy- 

 cedri (M.B.) 







+ 



+ 



+ 



The authorities for its 

 distribution are the In- 

 dex Kewensis and Arc- 

 angeli's Flora Italiana. 



Viburnum tinus (L.) 







+ 



i 



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Trelease describes the 

 Azorean form as a 

 variety of V. tinus under 

 the name of subcordatum. 



Vaccinium cylindra- 













Closely allied to a 

 Madeiran species V. 

 maderense. (See W at- 

 son.) 



Erica azorica 

 (Hochst.) 















Picconia excelsa 

 (DC.) 













Notelcea excelsa (W T ebb) 

 is a second name. 



Myrsine africana (L.) 







+ 







Widely distributed in 

 Africa and Central Asia. 



Daphne laureola (L.) 







+ 



+ 







Laurus canariensis 

 (Webb) 



+ 



+ 









The Pevsea azorica of 

 Seubert. 



Persea indica (Spr.) 





+ 









Laurus indica in 

 Lowe's work. 



Euphorbia mellifera 



t Alt. ) 





+ 









The Azorean variety 

 is Styc/iana ( Watson). 



Smilax 



+ 











Trelease divides the 

 Canariensis of Watson 

 into Excelsa, L., and 

 Divaricata, Sol. 



Myrica faya (Ait.) 





+ 











Juniperus brevifolia 

 (Hochst.), a var. of 

 J. oxycedrus (L.) 



+ 



+ 



+ 



+ 





Seubert's view that 

 J. brevifolia stands to 

 J. oxycedrus as J. nana 

 to J. communis is 

 adopted. The distri- 

 bution given is that of 

 J. oxycedrus. 



Taxus baccata (L.) 







+ 



+ | + 



Lowe is the authority 

 for its being Madeiran. J 



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