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Hartmannia speciosa (Nutt.) Small. 



S. B., No. 715, May, 1909. In a cultivated field at Tuckers Town, 

 very abundant. 



Pimpinella aniseum L. 



S. B., No. 535, March, 1908. On the tops of cliffs, St. George's 

 Island. 



Diospyros virginiana L. 



B. and B., No. 401, September, 1905. Naturalized on the border 

 of Warwick Marsh and spreading by suckers. 

 Gomphocarpus physocarpus E. Meyer. 



S. B., No. 690, May, 1909. Escaped to roadside St. David's Island. 



Chiococca bermudiana n. sp. 



A straggling, weak-stemmed shrub seldom more than a meter high. 

 Leaves lustrous coriaceous 5 to 12 cm. long, 2 to 6 cm. broad, elliptic 

 to ovate, abruptly narrowed at both ends, acute or short acuminate 

 at the apex, cuneate at the base; flowers numerous in racemose panicles, 

 pedicels rather stout 4 to 6 mm. long, hypanthium 1 to 1.5 mm. long 

 during anthesis, sepals triangular shorter than the calyx tube, slightly 

 ciliate, corolla light yellow becoming darker with age, 8 to 10 mm. 

 long, tube funnel form, lobes ovate-lanceolate less than one-third 

 the length of the tube, stamens at the base of the tube, filaments 

 1 mm. long, anthers 2 to 5 mm. long, style the length of the corolla 

 tube; fruit subglobose pure white and lustrous, 7 to 8 mm. long, 

 slightly broader than long, flattened. 



Type, B. and B., No. 181, September, 1905, in Herb. A. N. S. Phila. 

 Shaded hillsides, north shore near Flatts. Frequent throughout 

 the Walsingham Tract from the Causeway to Tuckers Town and spar- 

 ingly on the wooded hillsides through the central part of the island. 



Differs from C. racemosa L., to which it is most nearly related, in 

 the larger leaves, stouter and longer pedicels and larger berries. 



Galium bermudense L. 



B. and B., No. 31, September, 1905. Paget Sand Hills. Hillsides 

 and woods throughout the islands, though nowhere abundant. 



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Galium aparine L. 



S. B., No. 461, March, 1908. Cultivated ground. Paynter's Vale. 

 S. B., 640, March, 1908. Somerset Island. 



Urospermum picroides (L.) Schmidt. 



S. B., No. 695, May, 1909. St. David's Island. In the open ground 

 generally distributed over the eastern end of the island. 



