154 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. II. 



Croton lucidus Linn. , 



Sandy scrub and white-lands near the sea : 

 Great Sturrup Cay B. 6 M. 2283. 

 Great Harbor Cay B. &> M. 



New Providence near Clifton, E. G. B. 3323; Cooper 22; Britton 21, 

 82; Brace 68, 288, 3896; Curtiss 1 08; Millsp. 2077, 2156; Wight log, 



173- 



Eleuthera Coker 326. 

 Exuma B. & M. 2930. 

 Watlings Coker 471 . 



Croton rosmarinifolius Griseb. 



One locality only is known up to this date : 



Exuma abundant in one situation, an open, rocky field just north of 

 Georgetown, where it forms small, bushy trees up to 3.5 m. high, 

 B. & M. 2Q78. 



Our specimens compare exactly with Wright's, Cuba, 1968 in Hb. 

 Kew. 



Argythamnia argentea sp. nov. 



Fruticulus ad basi ramosissimus, rami virgatis subdense foliosis, 

 ramuli canescentibus. Foliis lanceolatis utraque attenuatis breve 

 petiolatis margine superne pauco-dentatis utraque pagina argenteo- 

 sericeis ; stipulis crassis cuspidatis. Racemulis depauperatis supra 

 axillaribus. Flores masc. 3, sepalis 4 ovato-lanceolatis, petalis 4 crassis, 

 sepalis similiter sed brevissimis, bracteola i scaphoideis ; flores foem. 

 3, sepalis elongato-lanceolatis, petalis minute ligulatis glandulae alter- 

 nantibus; stylis 3, prox basi bifurcatis ad apice bilobatis, ovario cane- 

 scentibus. 



Near A. sericea from which, however, its characters plainly separate 

 it. The type and only plants so far seen are from : 



Grand Turk Island in scrubland Aug. 27-Sept. i, 1905, Nash &> Taylor 

 3830. 



Argythamnia candicans Sw. 



So far only known in the Bahamas through the following specimens 

 that are clearly this species : 

 Cat Island Port Howe, Hitchcock. 

 I n agua Hitchcock. 



Argythamnia lucayana sp. nov. 



Fruticulus ramosis prostratis vel ascendentibus. Rami minute sericeis 

 sparse foliosis, foliis sessilis elliptico- velobovato-lanceolatis apice 

 acute vel brevissime acuminatis margine integris vel praeter admodum 

 paucos minute et remote glanduloso-denticulatis, matura glabris imma- 



