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Gossypium, L. Gen. 1737. 



G. Barbadense, L. Spec. 1753. 



Eleuthera; Fortune Is.; Port Antonio; Lucea; Grand 

 Cayman . 



A shrub as much as 8 feet high. 



Xylon, L. Gen. 1737. Oeiba, Gaertn. Fr. 1781. 

 Eriodendron, DC. Prod. i. 1824. 



X. pentandrum, (L.) OK. Rev. Gen. 1891. Bombax pen- 

 tandrum, L. Spec. 1753. Eriodendron anfractuosum, 

 DC. Prod. i. 1824. 

 Bog Walk. 



Ochroma, Sw. Prod. 1788. 

 O. Lagopus, Sw. Prod. 1788. 

 Port Morant. 



STERCULIACEiE. 

 Helecteres, L. Gen. 1737. 



H. Jamaicensis, Jacq. PL Carib. 1760. 



Nassau; Eleuthera; Inagua; Grand Cayman. 

 H. semitriloba, Bert, in DC. Prod. i. 1824. 



Inagua. 



Melochia, L. Gen. 1737; Dill. Hort. Elth. 1732. 

 M. lupulina, Sw. Prod. 1788. 



Port Morant. 

 M. nodiflora, Sw. Prod. 1788. 



Nassau ; Kingston (11.); Constant Springs ; Bog Walk ; 



Port Morant; Porus; Grand Cayman. 

 M. pyramid ata, L. Spec. 1753. 



Lucea. 

 M. tomentosa, L. Syst. x. 1759. 



Nassau; Eleuthera; Cat Is. 

 Var. crenata, (Vahl) Griseb. Fl. B. W. I. 1864. 

 Melochia, Vahl, Symb. iii. 1798. 



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