352 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1889. 



Order III. VALONIACE/E. 



1. Penicillus phoenix, Lamk. 



Mermen's shaving brushes. New Providence. (Dolley.) 



Class. FILICES. 

 Order POLYPODIACE.E. True Ferns. 



1. Acrostichum aureum, L. 

 AbaCO. (Herrick.) 



2. Adiantum tenerum, Swz. (Swains.) [Heirick.) 



3. Aneimia adiantifolia, Swz. 



Abaco. Green Turtle Cay. (Herrick.) New Providence. (Dol/ey.) 



4. Aspidium patens, Swz. (Grisei.) 



Abaco. (Herrick.) New Providence, a very hairy variety. (Dolley.) 



5. A. incisum, Gr. (Fraser.) 



6. A. trifoliatum, Sw. (Griseb.) 



7. A. adiantifolium, Sw. {Swains.) 



8. Davalia clavata, Swz. (Swains.) 



Abaco. (Henick.) New Providence, abundant near, "Banana 



holes." (Do/ley.) 



9. Polypodium incanum, Swz. 

 Abaco, on trees, i Her rick.) 



10. P. Phyllitidis, L. 



New Providence. (Dolley.) 



11. P. Swartzii, Baker. 



New Providence, on shrubs. (Dolley.) 



12. Taenitis lanceolata, R. Br. 

 Abaco, on trees. (Herrick.) 



13. Pteris longifolia. L. (Swains.) 

 New Providence. (Dolley.) 



14. Pteris aurea, L. 



New Providence, on the trunks of scrub Palmettoes. (Dickinson 

 and Dowd.) 



PHANEROGAMIA. 

 GYMNOSPERMIA. 



Order I. CYCADEAE. 



1. Zamia angustifolia, Jacq. 



Bay-rush. Indigeuous. Pith furnishes starch fit for food and for 

 laundry purposes, sold in Nassau by negroes from Andros, and from 

 outlying districts of N. P. 



