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Jatropha gossypiifolia Linn. 



The only specimens seen are from waste lands near Nassau : 

 New Providence Hitchcock; Brace. 



Manihot manihot (Linn.) Cockl. 



Manihot apii Pohl. Known only as cultivated at : 

 Andros Nichols Town, Northrop 363. 

 Eleuthera Governor's Harbor, Hitchcock. 



Excoecaria Sagraei Muell. 



In coppices. The plant has a strong mephitic odor : 

 Andros Stafford Creek, Northrop 539. 

 New Providence Curtiss igo; B & Br.,66s; Fox Hills Road, E. G. B. 



3388; Britton 78; Millsp. 2160, 2486. 

 Exuma B. 6 M. 3079. 

 Watlings Island Coker 478. 



Bonania cubana A. Rich. 



In coppices and scrub lands : 



Andros at Fresh Creek, Northrop 628 (B. emarginata]; Wight 254. 

 New Providence in a coppice at Winton, E. G. B. 3294; Brace 141, 



340. 



Cat Island in a low, dry coppice at Arthur's Town, Coker 428. 

 Exuma near Rolletown, B. &> M. 3074. 



Hippomane mancinella Linn. 



In coppices and scrub lands. Known generally as "MANCHINEEL" 



or "POISON BUSH." 



Abaco Cherokee Sound, Brace ig2O. 

 Andros Fresh Creek and Conch Sound, Northrop 622, 365 (misprinted 



556 in Fl. N. P. & Andros). 

 Great Guana Cay B. 6 M. 2873. 

 Watlings Island Coker 485. 



Inagua at Lantern Head and Tenados, N. 6 T. 1392, 1048; Hitchcock. 

 Grand Turk Island in scrublands, N. 6 T. 3826. 



Gymnanthes lucida Sw. 



Coppices and scrublands. Known generally as "CRABWOOD": 

 Allen's Cay Brace 1547. \ 

 Green Turtle Cay Brace 151 2.\ 

 Great Bahama at Barnett's Point, B. & M. 2642."^ 

 Great Harbor Cay B. & M, 

 Lignum Vitae Cay B. &> M. 

 Great Sturrup Cay B. 6 M. 



