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the leaves narrower and more spatulate, 2-2.5 cm. long, 6-9 mm. 

 wide (626). 



Crossopetalum pallens (Smith). (Myginda fallens Smith.) 

 Cocoanut Point, April; Deep Creek, June (447, 718). Like Eggers 

 4140 and 4438 from New Providence, "put with M. pallens at Kew." 

 Differs from the Florida specimens in having much narrower leaves, 

 oblanceolate or spatulate, 2-2.5 cm - l° n g> 4~9 mm - wide. 



Crossopetalum coriaceum sp. nov. 



Low shrub; branches ascending, bark grayish, branchlets 

 tetragonal, ends somewhat wing-angled; leaves numerous, opposite, 

 subsessile, coriaceous, broadly oblanceolate, 1.5-2 cm. long, about 

 1 cm. wide, apex obtuse or sometimes slightly retuse, base cuneate, 

 margin entire, somewhat revolute, veins inconspicuous; flowers 

 minute, reddish, in axillary subsessile cymes, 2-5-flowered, pedicels 

 1-2 mm. in length, jointed, pedicels and calyx puberulous; calyx 

 campanulate, persistent, lobes 4, rounded, reddish, obtuse; petals 4, 

 orbicular, longer than the calyx, spreading or at length reflexed; 

 stamens 4, inserted on the edge of the disk; filaments subulate; 

 anthers small, globose; ovary immersed in the disk, globose: style 

 short: stigmas 4: fruit a red drupe, slightly obovate, about 3 mm. 

 in length, one-celled, one-seeded (480). 



Plate q. Crossopetalum coriaceum. Portion of plant X |; s, stamens; «, ovary; 

 a, fruit. 



Collected on the savannas at Red Bays. Andros, April. Allied 

 to C. pallens (Smith), but differs in having thicker entire leaves and 

 smaller subsessile cymes. 



Sch.efferia frutescens Jacq. Deep Creek, June (697). 

 Same as Wright 77. 



Ilicace.e 



Ilex Krugiana Loes. ; Engler's, Bot. Jahrb. 15, 317. Conch 

 Sound, May. Upper surface of the leaves shining, apex acute 

 (553). Same as Cooper 17 from New Providence, and Eggers 

 1889 from St. Domingo (unnamed). 



SAPINDACE.E 



Serjania diversifolia Radlk. "Fowl-foot vine." Common. 

 Conch Sound, May; Fresh Creek, Deep Creek, June (578, 687). 

 Same as Wright 109. 



