36 Brixton: Studies of West Indian plants 



broad, the lobes rounded; stamens 5; anthers hnear, 2 mm. long; 

 ovary 6 -celled. 



Rocky hill, savanna near Camaguey {Britton &■ Cowell 13241)- 



59. NOTES ON VARIOUS SPECIES 



Evolvulus siliceus Britton & Wilson, nom. nov. 



Evolvulus arenicola Britton & Wilson, Bull. Torrey Club 43: 466. 

 1916. Not E. arenicola Johnston, 1905. 



Persicaria hirsuta (Walt.) Small 



Marsh near Ferry River, Jamaica (Britton 394). Hitherto 

 unrecorded from Jamaica. 



Phenax Sonneratii (Poir.) Wedd. 



Gravelly soil, Jamaica {Alex. E. Wright 193). Hitherto un- 

 recorded from Jamaica. 



Phyllanthus nummulariaefolius Poir. 



Shady places, Hope Grounds, Jamaica (Harris 12123, 121 57, 

 12208). Hitherto unrecorded from Jamaica. 



Veronica Tournefortii Gmelin 



Waste and shaded grounds, near Mandeville (Crawford 683) 

 and near Cinchona, Jamaica (Harris 12417). 



Jacquinia Keyensis Mez. 



Northern coast of Camaguey and Matanzas provinces, Cuba 

 (Shafer 689, 2593, 2712; Britton ef Wilson 14043) > Little Goat 

 Island, Jamaica (Britton 1852); Albion Mountain, Jamaica 

 (Harris 11678, 12199). Heretofore recorded from the Bahamas 

 and Florida. 



Cyrilla brevifolia N. E. Brown 



Mountains of northern Oriente, Cuba (Shafer 4060, 4054, 

 4109, 4140, 4181, 8032). Apparently identical with the plant 

 of Mt. Roraima, British Guiana (Trans. Linn. Soc. II. 6: 22. 

 pi I, f. 7-16). ^ 



