MARCH, 1900. PLANIVE UTOWAN^E MILLSPAUGH. 101 



PLANTAGINACE^:. 



PLANTAGO MAJOR Linn. Sp. PI. 112. 



Roadsides and dry fields near Hamilton, Bermuda (123). 



PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA Linn. Sp. PI. 113. 



Fields and roadsides at Walsingham, Bermuda (90). 



RUBIACE.E. 



RACHICALLIS AMERICANA (Jacq.) Hitch. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard., 1893:92. 



Hedyotis Americana Jacq. R. rupestris de C. On the coral beach 

 rocks of The Creek, Cayman Brae (1178); branches short, 4-9 cm., 

 leaves small, 5-7 mm., and whole plant depauperate as compared 

 with the dense tall masses that almost cover the coral rocks of the 

 east coast of Cozumel. Coast rocks of Spot Bay, Grand Cayman, 

 Pedernales Point, Isle of Pines, and Cape Corientes. 



RONDELETIA ARBORESCENS Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 327. 

 Dry hillsides at Bayamon, Porto Rico (341). 



RANDIA ACULEATA Linn. Sp. PI. 1192. 



Rocky soil near Bayamon, Porto Rico (343). A large shrub 

 with heavy branches and thick branchlets, very heavily armed with 

 sharp strong spines 1.5-1.7 cm. long, leaves elliptical-ovate, 2.5x 

 1.5 cm. drying green, and fruits i cm. in diameter. In fruit only. 

 Fields bordering Bodden Bay road beyond Spot Bay, Grand Cay- 

 man (1319) leaves elliptical, coriaceous 3-5 x 1.5-2 cm. 



RANDIA XALAPENSIS Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. xi, 1:239. 



Border of the lagoon Southwest Point, Cayman Brae (1203), not 

 in flower nor fruit. 



I 

 GONZALEA SPICATA (Lam.) de C. Prod. 4:437. 



Lygistum spicatum Lam. Dry hillsides at Bayamon, Porto Rico 

 (354), with racemes 30-35 cm. long. 



HAMELIA PATENS Jacq. PI. Carib. 16. 



Hedgerows near San Domingo city (823). Pedernales Point, 

 Isle of Pines (1412). Margins of woodlands near San Miguel, Cozu- 

 mel (1490). 



ERITHALIS ANGUSTIFOLIA de C. Prod. 4:464. 



Environs of Georgetown (1251) and Spot Bay (1360), Grand Cay- 

 man. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or lanceo-spatulate, 2-3. 5 x i-i.5cm. 



ERITHALIS FRUTICOSA Linn. Syst. ed. x, 930. 



Ratones Island, Port of Ponce, Porto Rico (652, 653). The 

 usual form, leafy at the ends of the branches, leaves ovate, 4-5. 5 x 

 2.5-3 cm. 



ERITHALIS FRUTICOSA ODORIFERA (Jacq.) Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 336. 



E. odorifera Jacq. A larger growth than the species, with odor- 

 ous white flowers, and broadly-ovate leaves, 8.5-10.5 x 4-5.5 cm., 

 rounded at the apex. Sand dunes at Santurce, Porto Rico (279). 



