182 N. L. Britton. 
long as the corolla or shorter; corolla 1—2 cm broad, its segments oval, 
obtuse; capsule ovoid, about 6 mm long, tipped by the short style; 
stigmas narrowly spatulate. 
Bahama Islands: New Providence, in brackish marshes (Britton, 
58, type; Cooper, 53; Curtiss, 200; Cooker, 74; Britton & Brace, 
575); Andros (Northrop, 464); Cat Island (Coker, 432). 
9. Plumiera Inaguensis N. L. Britton, l. c., p. 448. 
A glabrous tree, 5 m high or less. Leaves obovate, rather thin, the 
blade 6—10 cm long, 4—6 cm wide, emarginate or rounded at the apex, 
narrowed or cuneate at the base, dark green and shining above, bright 
green and dull beneath, the numerous veins diverging from the midrib 
at an angle of about 809, the midrib impressed on the upper surface, 
elevated beneath; petioles stout, 1—2 cm long; peduncle stout, 4—10 cm 
long; cyme compound, 8 cm broad or less, densely many-flowered; 
pedicels slender, 8—12 mm long; calyx short-campanulate, slightly 
5-lobed, the lobes broad, rounded; corolla white, its tube slender, about 
1 em long, its 5 lobes narrowly obovate, rounded or slightly emarginate, 
somewhat longer than the tube; stamens about one-third the length of 
the corolla-tube; follicles linear, terete, 9 cm long, 8 mm in diameter. 
Bahama Islands: Salt Pond Hill, Inagua (Nash & Taylor, 960 
type); abundant on Inagua, being represented by nos. 1182 and 1430 of 
the same collectors. 
Bracea nov. gen. (Apocynaceae). 
À shrub, with thick oblanceolate or oblong petioled leaves, Flowers 
solitary or two together in the upper axils, white or reddish, peduncled. 
Calyx deeply 5-cleft, its lobes narrowly lanceolate, acute, Corolla nearly 
salverform, the short tube slightly and gradually dilated above, about as 
long as the 5 obliquely ovate lobes. Stamens 5, borne near the base 
of the corolla-tube; filaments short; anthers sagittate, hairy on the back. 
Follicles long-linear, slightly torulose. Seeds comose. 
In honor of L. J. K. Brace, a diligent collector of the Bahamian 
flora. 
10. Bracea Bahamensis N. L. Britton, |. c., p. 448. 
About 1 m high, with grayish brown branches leafy only near the 
ends, the young twigs pubescent. Leaves firm in texture, revolute-mar- 
gined, oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse or slightly emarginate at the apex, 
narrowed at the base, 4—10 cm long, 1—2,5 cm wide, bright green 
above, densely and finely tomentose with the veins prominently reticu- 
lated beneath; petioles 4—7 mm long; flowers appearing with the leaves; 
peduneies tomentose, about 1 cm long; calyx-lobes tomentose, 3 mm 
long; corolla white with a reddish throat, pubescent outside, smooth 
within, about 2 em broad; follicles 15 cm long or less, 2 mm thick, 
pubescent, striate, pendent. 
Bahama Islands: Frequent in low coppices on New Providence 
(Britton & Brace, 526, type; Coker, 256; Brace, 404; Britton, 80: 
Curtiss, 137); Andros (Northrop, 531). 
