Bkitton : The genus Ernodea 207 



pine trees formerly grew. The following specimens have been 

 examined : 



Florida : Between Cutler and Longview Camp {Si/ia// 8yo) ; 

 below Cutler (S. II. Richmond) ; beach opposite Miami [S)iia/l 

 2157) ; near Silver Palm School {Small 2260) ; near Long Prairie 

 {Britton /p/); Boca Grande Key, Marquesas Group {Lansing 

 2276 ; li. lift oralis ?). 



Bahamas: New Providence (7Vr?r///;v/ /o^ ; Cooper ^8 ; Coker 

 6 J ; B rift on & Millspangh 2ogg) ; Andros [Brace 4^58, 5120, 

 ^i6j, sj/g, 6867, 6Qgj, 7084). 



Race I. Leaves relatively twice as wide as in the typical 

 race ; corolla bright-scarlet. This inhabits Garden Cay at the 

 western end of the Great Bahama Island [Brace ^662) ; it may be 

 better regarded as a scarlet-flowered race of £. littoralis. 



3. Ernodea Cokeri Britton ; Coker in Shattuck, The Bahama 



Islands 264. 1905 



Occurring at the northern and northeastern range of the genus, 

 this species exhibits the narrowest leaves of any, these being mostly 

 on!\' 1.5 mm. wide or less. So far as known it is confined to 

 Abaco and the Great Bahama, growing in pine-lands and in scrub- 

 lands where pines evidently formerly existed. Its flowers are ap 

 parently red or pink. I have seen the plant growing on the Great 

 Bahama Island, but not in bloom ; its aspect and habit are very 

 characteristic there, it forming a trailing vine, a meter long or more. 



Bahamas: Abaco [Coker 564; Brace 180^, 182 1); Great 



Bahama [Britton & Millspaugh 2j'/o). 



Race I. Leaves twice as wide as typical, approaching in size 

 and form those of E. angiista. On sand dunes, Barnett's Point, 

 Great Bahama [Britton & Millspangh 268 1). 



4. Ernodea Millspaughii sp. nov. 



A shrub, 6-12 dm. high, the twigs and leaves glabrous. 

 Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, sharply pointed, 2—3 cm. long, 5-8 

 mm. wide, similar to those of Ii. littoralis, the short broad stipules 

 cuspidate ; flowering calyx obovoid, about 3 mm. long, the trian- 

 gular lobes only one fifth to one fourth as long as the ovary ; 

 corolla white, i cm. long, its lobes about one half as long as the 

 tube ; fruit nearly oval, 5 mm. long, the calyx-lobes triangular- 

 lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm. long. 



