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Inagua Mathew Town, N. & T. 1086; Hitchcock (E. geniculata). 

 Abaco Eight Mile Bay, Brace 1870. 



Euphorbia hypericifolia Linn. 



In grassy open lands : 



Great Bahama Eight Mile Rocks, B. cr> M. 2476. 

 North Bimini Millsp. 2370, 2399. 

 Andros Nichols Town, Northrop 380 (E. nutans). 

 New Providence at Lake Cunningham, Millsp. 2227; near Nassau, 



Earlc 46*; B. & Br. 470, 535; Hitchcock; Wight 46. 

 Eleuthera Governor's Harbor, Hitchcock. 

 Great Guana Cay B. & M. 2906. 

 Exuma near Georgetown, B. 6 M. 2945. 

 Inagua Smith's Thatch Pond, JV. <5r* T. 1401, 1406; Hitchcock. 



Euphorbia lactea Haw. 



Widely escaped from cultivation and forming dense thickets on: 

 New Providence along the West Bay Street Road, Northrop (E. anti- 

 quorum). 

 Inagua Mathew Town, Hitchcock {E. antiquorum), 



Euphorbia lecheoides sp. nov. 



Tota griseo furfureo-farinoso caulibus e rhizomate lignoso, ramosis- 

 simo. Kami longis, diffusis rigidis dichotomis, internodiis inferioribus 

 prox. i cm. longis, superne tenuiter virgatis rigidis. Foliis breviter 

 petiolatis, deltoideo-ovatis vel triangulari-ovatis abrupte attenuatis ad 

 margine revoluto-intutnescentis, pagina utruque furfureo-farinosis, sti- 

 pulis late ovaiis blepharociliatis, involucris solitariis turbinatis brevi 

 pedicellatis, extus glabris intus ad faucam barbatis, lobis triangularibus 

 acutis ciliatis, glandulis nigris complano-orbiculatis, facie notis vario- 

 larum insignis, appendices minutis carnosis vel obsoletis, stigmata ad 

 mediam bifurcatis, filamentae barbatis. Capsulae glabris. Semen 

 fuscis triangulo-ovatis fascies minute papillatis. 



Plants rigidly erect or diffusely prostrate 20 30 cm. Leaves 2.5 to 

 5 mm. long, i to 2.5 mm. wide. Seeds .8 x .5 mm. The specimens 

 representing the extremes of this species are so widely different in gen- 

 eral appearance as to almost convince one that they represent two 

 strongly .marked species. This difference, however, lies entirely in the 

 habit of the plants and the size of the leaves. The tallest erect form 

 with small, ovate leaves (3796) passes through the type (3888) to a 

 more diffuse, larger leaved form (1305) and a fully prostrate plant with 

 much larger, sickle-shaped leaves (i cm. x 3 mm.) with a somewhat 

 less intumescent margin. 



Inagua in scrubland on the trail from Canfield Bay to Cabbage Pond, 

 Oct. 22, 1904, Nash or 5 Taylor 



