N. L. Britton: Plantae novae bahamenses. I. 179 
araneoso-canescentia ovata, involucrum ad faucem contractum 4!/, m 
longum virens prominule angulosum. 
California, ad Verdi in sierra Nevada (S. Doten). 
7. californicum Gdgr., l. c., p. 199. 
Seapi flexuoso-divaricati prorsus glabri, folia subtus breviter lanu- 
ginosa superne viridia, orbiculato-deltoidea vel subhastata, involucrum ad 
faucem apertum 3!/, m longum rubens vixque angulosum. 
California ad Petaluma (J. Tidstróm). 
2. Flores albi vel rosei. 
9. divergens Gdgr., l. c., p. 199. 
Folia superne. virescentia, inflorescentia divaricata ramulis laxis 
divergentibus, involucrum 3!/, m longum ad dentes ciliatum, perigonium 
album. 
California, ad Higher Leavine in Sierra Nevada (Hillman). 
€. oregonense Gdgr., l. c., p. 199. 
Folia undique incana, inflorescentia stricta ramulis confertis rigidulis, 
involuerum vix 3 m longum ad dentes glabrum, perigonium dilute roseum 
cum linea purpurea ad medium dorsi. 
Oregon orient., frequens in arenosis (Cusick, no. 2163). 
79. Eriogonum restioides Gdgr., l. c., p. 199. 
Strictum ramosissimum habitu restiaceo, scapi glabri multoties repetite 
2—3—4-chotomi paniculam densam efformantes, folia longe petiolata 
orbieulato-reniformia obtusa basi cordata subtus tomentosa superne viridia 
sparseque araneosa, involucra sessilia axillaria 21, m longa pauciflora 
glabra angulata obtuse dentata, flores albi minutissimi 11/2 longi. 
California, ad Reno in Sierra Nevada (J. Hillman). 
Affinis E. viminei Dougl. a quo habitu peculiari Restiones nonnullos 
capenses vel australasicos revocante, inflorescentia foliisque conspicue 
recedit, 
. LIV. N. L. Britton, Plantae novae bahamenses. l. 
(Ex: Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard., III [1905), pp. 441—453.) 
1. Pithecolobium flavovirens N. L. Britton, l. c., p. 442. 
A glabrous shrub, about 3 m high, the branches stout. Petioles 
slender, grooved on the upper side, 3 cm long or less; petiolules 3—6 mm 
long, each bearing 2 sessile leaflets; leaflets obliquely ovate to obovate, 
firm in texture, 2,5—4 cm iong, 3,5 em wide or less, obtuse or emar- 
ginate, not mucronate, the upper surface bright green, with conspi- 
cuously reticulated yellow veins, the under side dull green, and the veins 
less conspicuous; flowers not seen; heads racemose, evidently numerous, 
the fruiting peduncles 1—1,5 em long; legume twice curved, 9 cm long 
or less, 1 cm wide, narrowed at the base, blunt at the apex, its margins 
slightly elevated; seeds suborbicular, black, shining, 7 mm broad. 
Bahama Islands: Sheep Key, Inagua (Nash & Taylor, 1143). 
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