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Cleome pungens Willd. 



"Wild Massambee. " Sandy waste grounds, common, espe- 

 cially the dry beds of streams. Yard at Bassin. Nov. (85). 

 At Golden Rock. March (Mrs. R. 2ig). Eggers Fl. 19. 



POLANISIA ICOSANDRA (L. ) W.&A. 



Frequent in rich, sandy soil. In a cane field at The Grange. 



Jan. (177). Pasture at Bassin. Feb. (Mrs. R. 194). 



Eggers Fl. 20. 

 Cleome spinosa L. 



In the yard at Bassin. Nov., 1895 (85 in part. F.C.M. 70398). 

 Cappakis Grisebachii Eich. 

 Dry, rocky roadsides at east end. April (381). North side. 



May (Mrs. R. 366). Eggers Fl. 22. 

 Capparis Jamaicensis Jacq. 

 Rocky roadside on the north side near Salt River. June (454, 



Mrs. R. 424). Eggers Fl. 23. 

 Capparis cynophallophora L. 

 Very common along roads at the eastern end of the island. 



Pods 4 to 10 inches long, when open displaying the white 



oily seeds in a brilliant red matrix. Bassin. Feb. to May 



(261, Mrs. R. 354). Eggers Fl. 24. 

 Capparis frondosa Jacq. 

 " Rat Bean." East end. Feb. (285). Pasture at Bassin. 



April (Mrs. R. 374). Eggers Fl. 26. 

 [Morrisonia Americana L. Eggers Fl. 27.] 



MORINGACE^. 



342. MORINGA MoRINGA (L). 



Guilandina Linn. Very common in cultivation near Bassin. 

 Nov. to Feb. (118, Mrs. R. 78). Eggers Fl. 21. 



CRASSULACE^. 

 343. Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) S.Kz. 



Rocky roadsides and fields near Bassin. 

 76). Eggers Fl. 371. 



Jan. (225, Mrs. R. 



ROSACEA. 

 344. Chrysohalanus Icaco L. 



"Cocoa Plum." On sandy shores and often cultivated for its 

 sweet, astringent, edible fruit. Cane Bay. May (Mrs. R. 

 353)- Eggers Fl. 284. 



