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Gossypium, L. Gen. 1737. 



G. Barbadense, L. Spec. 1753. 



Eleuthera; Fortune Is. ; Port Antonio; Lucea; Grand 

 Cayman . 

 A shrub as much as 8 feet high. 



Xylon, L. Gen. 1737. Ceiba, Gaertn. Fr. 1781. 

 Eriodendron, DC. Prod. i. 1824. 



X. pentandrum, (L.) OK. Rev. Gen. 1891. Bvmbax pen- 

 tandrum, L. Spec. 1753. Eriodendron anfractuosum, 

 DC. Prod. i. 1824. 

 Bog Walk. 



O chroma, Sw. Prod. 1788 e 



O. Lagopus, Sw. Prod. 1788. 

 Port Morant. 



STERCULIACEiE. 

 Helecteres, L. Gen. 1737. 



H. Jamaicensis, Jacq. PI. Carib. 1760. 



Nassau; Eleuthera; Inagua; Grand Cayman. 

 H. semitriloba, Bert, in DC. Prod. i. 1824. 



Inagua. 



Melochia, L. Gen. 1737; Dill. Hort. Elth. 1732. 

 M. lupulina, Sw. Prod. 1788. 



Port Morant. 

 M. nodiflora, Sw. Prod. 1788. 



Nassau ; Kingston (II.) ; Constant Springs ; Bog Walk ; 



Port Morant; Porus; Grand Cayman. 

 M. pyramidata, L. Spec. 1753. 



Lucea. 

 M. tomentosa, L. Syst. x. 1759. 



Nassau; Eleuthera; Cat Is. 

 Var. crexata, (Vahl) Griseb. Fl. B. W. I. 1864. 

 Melochia, Vahl, Symb. iii. 1798. 



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