520 Guppy . — Testimony of the Endetnic Species of the Canary 
Globularia salicina. M. 
Statice pectinata. V. 
Phyllis nobla. M. 
Viburnum sp. A, M. 1 
Carlina salicifolia. M. 
Andryala cheiranthifolia. M. 
Sonchus pinnatus. M. 
Beta procumbens. V. 
Rumex maderensis. M. 
Urtica monfolia. M. 
Myrica faya. A, M. 
Dracunculus canariensis. M. 
Tamus edulis. M. 
Ruscus (Semele) androgynus. M. 
Smilax canariensis. A, M. 
Asparagus scoparius. M, V. 
Dracaena draco. M, V. 
Note on the L ist of Macaronesian Species. 
We are far from having done with the matter when we divide the 
endemic species of this group into those of the floral region (Macaronesian) 
and those peculiarly Canarian. Almost all the great problems in the plant- 
story of the region are involved in the list just given. They require a lengthy 
general discussion, and that being here impracticable we must be content 
with a bare list. Few of such lists are, however, available ; and although this 
one cannot claim to be free from error, for botanists have made the Canarian 
one of the most difficult of insular floras, the writer believes that it will give 
a reliable preliminary notion of the general facies of a very interesting little 
gathering of plants. The short list bristles with implications, although for 
several reasons, one of which is given below, we have always to look outside 
the list to push them home. 
Here we must limit the discussion to two of many curious points that 
arise as soon as we take the list in our hands. A genus originally 
represented by one or two species ranging over the floral region and by several 
species restricted to individual groups would ultimately, as differentiation 
proceeded, b$ only represented by species confined to single groups. For 
this reason it will be apparent that some of the most interesting genera of 
the Canarian flora will be absent from the list of Macaronesian species, their 
original wide-ranging species having disappeared in the differentiating 
process. For instance, of the four American genera, Bowie sia, Bystropogon , 
Cedronella , and Clethra , the third is the only one that strictly speaking 
ought to figure in the list. It is true that Clethra arborea is included, but 
it has not been found in the Canaries since 1828. 
Another matter to be here noticed is the inclusion of the Cape Verde 
group in the Macaronesian region. For the best part of a century this 
has been a moot point, and it still remains so. In a physical sense these 
islands have been far more ‘ africanized 5 than those of the northern groups, 
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1 There are indications that the Macaronesian forms of Viburnum are more allied to each other 
than to any continental plant, such as V. tinus. 
