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Nashia inaguensis sp. nov. 



Frutex citronellae odoratis. Kami crassis oppositis tereto-quadrangu- 

 laris cortex roseo-cinereis in laminii longitudinale exfoliatis. Folia bre- 

 vissime petiolatis ad ranauli, baculatum et lanatum in fasciculi disposi- 

 tis, ovatis vel obovatis vel spathulatis vel ligulatis, obtusis ad basin at- 

 tenuatis pagina supra valde reticulo-rugosa strigosis infra strigose-to- 

 mentosis margine ad siccarn revolutis integris. Inflorescentia sessilis, ad 

 media ramulorum dispositis; flores 6-8 albis cum tubo aurentio-lu- 

 teus, bractae rutelliformis apiculatis ciliatis floribus longioribus. Calyce 

 minutis annulatis dentatis ciliatis ad rachi persistentibus, corolla cam- 

 panulatis lobis aequantis duo exterior magnis ad basin auriculatis apice 

 emarginatis duo interior integris, stigma peltatis post anthesissagittatis, 

 stylis indusis, filmenta abbreviata tubo tertia demittere insertis. Drupa 

 pyriformis extus carnosis, putamen duris laevis. 



A stout, straggling, endemic bush 1.5 to 2in. high, with strong, stout 

 branches issuing at right angles. Trunk 4-5 dm. long 3 4 cm. in dia- 

 meter, leaves 5-8x3-5 mm. ; bracts 2.5 x 2 mm. Drupes fleshy 3x4 

 mm. ; nutlets 2.5 x 3.5 mm. So far only known from: 

 Inagua in scrublands back of Mathew Town, Oct. 13, 1904, Nash 6 

 Taylor 1006 type, 1454- A sheet also found in the Hitchcock collection 

 marked "Lantana sp. from Inagua Dec. 3, 1890". Mr. Brace sends a 

 small specimen of the species from a garden in Nassau "where it was 

 planted from Inagua." It is well known to the natives, who use the 

 leaves in decoction as a febrifuge known as "MoujEAN TEA." 



Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx. 



Open sandy places : 

 Great Bahama clearing at Eight Mile Rocks, B^ 6 M. 2j68; West 



North Cat Cay Millsp. 



Andros Red Bays, Northrop 481 . 



Hog Island Northrop 250. 



New Providence near Nassau, Brace 265 ; near Grants Town, Coker 



280; at Lake Cunningham, Britton /oj, Millsp. 2185 ; Wight 162. 

 Eleuthera Governor's Harbor, Hitchcock. 

 Exuma near Georgetown, B. 6 M. 

 Cat Island Port Howe, Hitchcock. 

 Inagua -N. 6 T. IOQI, 1276, 1465. 



Lippia reptans H. B. K. 



Shores of the sea or brackish marshes : 



New Providence near Nassau, Northrop 114, (L. canescens); Coker 98 \ 

 (L. canescens) ; Hitchcock (L. nodiflora]. 



