88 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 



Racemi demum 2.2-8.5 cm. longi 4-4.8 nun. crassi densiflori, brac- 

 tcis minutis lanceolato-subulatis Bubpersistentibus 0.6-0.8 mm. 

 longis. in pedunculis 0.9-4.5 cm. longis. Flores albi et virides 2 

 mm. longi, in pedicellis 0.5 mm. longis. Sepalum superius suborbi- 

 culari-ovatuni subacutum supra sparse ciliolatum in dorso glandu- 

 lis ca. 4 oblongis lutescentibus donatum 1.2 mm. longum; inferiora 

 similia 0.7 mm. longa. Alae late obliqueque ellipticae apice late 

 rotundatae basi breviter cuneatae 5-nerviae in dorsso glanduli 

 lineari-oblongis ca. 2 lutescentibus praeditae 2 mm. longae 1.4 mm. 

 latae. Carina 2 mm. longa antice glandula lutescente praedita; 

 crista e lobis 3-jugis postico cuneato adnato anticis 2 lineari-ob- 

 longis integris liberis constans. Capsula oblongo-elliptica basi 

 obliqua emarginata 2 mm. longa 1.5 mm. lata. Semen pilosulum 

 1.6 mm. longum. Arillus 1 mm. altus, umbone minimo, lobis 2 

 lateralibus appressis lineari-oblongis. Bahamas: border of marsh 

 in loamy marl and honeycomb limestone, Adelaide Settlement, 

 about 21 km. S. W. of Nassau, New Providence, 13 Apr. 1905, 

 A. E. Wight 79 (type: G); Red Bays, Andros I., 16 Apr. 1890, 

 J. I. & A. R. Northrop 473 (GK). T. 2. Fig. 58. 



109. P. sqtjamifolia C. Wr. Stems several, from a slender per- 

 ennial root, sparsely branched above, slightly angled by the de- 

 current leaf-bases, slender, nearly naked, glabrous, 3.5-4.5 dm. 

 long. Leaves alternate, or the lowest (obovate, very minute, about 

 1.5 mm. long) sometimes forming 5-6 whorls; a few of the lower 

 sometimes lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, 5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, 

 the others scale-like, green, linear-subulate, acuminate, mucronate, 

 concave above, rounded bepeath, sessile, 3 mm. or less long. 

 Racemes very dense, cylindric-conic, 0.5- (at length)5.5 cm. long, 

 4.5-5.5 mm. thick, on peduncles 1-2 cm. long; pedicels 0.2 mm. 

 long; axis narrowly angulate-winged. Flowers whitish and green- 

 ish, 2.7 mm. long. Upper sepal orbicular-ovate, 1.3 mm. long, the 

 lower ovate, 1 mm. long, all obtuse. Wings elliptic, rounded at 

 apex, submucronulate, very shortly cuneate at base, 2.7 mm. long, 

 1.8 mm. wide. Keel 2 mm. long; crest of about 3 pairs of linear 

 entire or bifid lobes. Upper petals broadly elliptic, shorter than the 

 keel. All parts of flower gland-dotted or -lined. Style almost none. 

 Capsule orbicular in outline, 1.3 mm. long and wide. Seed ap- 

 pressed-pilosulous, 1.3 mm. long. Aril 0.8 mm. long. C. Wr. ! in 

 Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. 12 (1866) ; Chod. Monog. ii. 151. t. 20 (21). f. 



