156 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. II. 



Lasiocroton macrophyllus Griseb. 



So far known only from Mrs. Northrop's specimens which, while not 



absolutely agreeing with Marsh's Jamaican specimen in Hb. N. Y. Bot. 



Garden,' are undoubtedly the species. The sheet in Hb. Field Col. 



Mus. is in good flowering condition. 

 Andros at Deep Creek, Northrop 689, where it is known as "WiLD 



OAK," "LIGHTWOOD" or "BITTERS". 



Acalypha alopecuroidea Jacq. 



Doubtless an introduced weed in waste and cultivated grounds : 

 Abaco at Marsh Harbor, Brace 1751. 

 New Providence near Nassau, Northrop 32; Curtiss 22; Hitchcock; 



Wight 39; Brace 132, and at Southwest Landing, B. 6 Br. 474. 

 Eleuthera at Governor's Harbor, Hitchcock. 

 Inagua at Mathew Town, N. &= T. 1080. 



Acalypha ostryaefolia Ridd. 



Known only by the following plant, probably introduced from 

 Florida: 

 New Providence at Nassau, Brace 385 (300?) 



Acalypha setosa A. Rich: 



Known only by the following plant, doubtless an introduced weed. 

 New Providence at Nassau, Brace 299 (267?). 



Pera bumeliaefolia Griseb. 



In coppices; known as "BLACK EBONY": 

 Abaco at Marsh Harbor, Brace 1603. 

 Andros Brace 41 1. 



New Providence coppice at Seven Hills, E. G. B. 3360 the forma 

 parvifolia of Urban in Hb. Kew.; Fox Hills, B. 6 Br. 376; near 

 Nassau, B. 6 Br. 267; Coker 537 ; Curtiss sine num., Brace 226; 

 Wight 166. 



Ricinus communis Linn. 



Escaped from gardens on : 

 New Providence Wight 169, 

 Fortune Island Hitchcock. 



Jatropha curcas Linn. 



Known only by the following specimen, probably an escape from a 

 garden : 

 New Providence near Nassau, Brace 305.^ 



