Plantae novae bahamenses. I. 183 
Perhaps congeneric with Wright, 399, from Monte Verde, Santiago, 
Cuba, which has been referred by various writers to Echites, Rhabdadenia, 
` Angadeni and Mandevilla, but probably ES to none of these genera; 
I do not know its fruit. 
11. Evolvulus squamosus N. L. Britton, l. c., p. 449. 
An intricately branched erect shrub, 3 dm high or less, the slender 
terete twigs densely appressed-pubescent. Leaves scattered, reduced to 
mere lanceolate-acuminate scales, 2 mm long or less, appressed-pubes- 
cent; flowers solitary in the upper axils, on appressed-pubescent pedicels, 
which are about as long as the calyx; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, appressed- 
pubescent, one-half as long as the white corolla, or less; corolla about 
6 mm broad, slightly 5-lobed, the broad lobes a little emarginate; stamens 
a little shorter than the corolla, their filaments filiform, their anthers 
oval, short; ovary densely pubescent, oblong; styles 2, 2-cleft to about 
the middle. 
Bahama Islands: New Providence, Bahamas (Curtiss, 197, type; 
Britton, 73; Britton & Brace, 843); Andros (Northrop, 607). 
Related to E. arbuscula Poir., originally from Santo Domingo, but 
with much smaller leaves and a different calyx and corolla. E. arbuscula 
is represented in our collections by a Santo Domingo specimen collected 
by Bertero, and so determined by Choisy; by Eggers, 3823, from For- 
tune Island; Coker, 336, from Eleuthera, and by three specimens from 
Inagua, which differ slightly from the others in being less pubescent and 
with somewhat longer and narrower leaves (Nash & Taylor, 972, 1111 
and 1176). 
12. Lantana Bahamensis N. L. Britton, l. c., p. 450. 
Similar to L. crocea of Jamaica, and hitherto confused with it. 
Shrub 1 m high or less, with slender striate branches, which are smooth 
or sometimes bear minute prickles less than 0,5 mm long, the twigs 
minutely pubescent; leaves thin, oblong-lanceolate, varying from acute 
to blunt at the apex, more or less narrowed at the base, and somewhat 
decurrent: on the petiole, minutely short-pubescent on both sides, or 
becoming glabrous above, closely crenate, the primary veins rather 
conspieuous on the under side; blades 5 cm long or less, 1,5—2 cm 
wide; petioles very slender, 2 cm long or less; peduncles terminal and 
axillary, shorter than the leaves; bracts lanceolate, acutish, very pubes- 
cent, about 4 mm long; flowers 8—15 in the heads; calyx 2 mm long. 
pubescent, the 2 short lips about equal; corolla bright yellow, its tube 
slender, pubescent, enlarged above, about 8 mm long, its limb about 
4 mm wide, irregularly lobed; fruit globose, black, shining, about 3 mm 
in diameter. 
Bahama Islands: Abundänt in the coppices on New Providence 
(Britton & Brace, 174, type; 328; Curtiss, 109; Coker, 126); Andros 
(Northrop, 561). 
13. Citharexylon Bahamense Millsp., |. c., p. 450. 
Tree 4—6 m high, branches terete, strongly grooved. Leaves 
