130 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



Cyperace^e * 



Cyperus brunneus Sw. Common. Hog Island, N.P.; Nicol's 

 Town, April (435). 



Cyperus ferax Rich. Nassau, Feb. (287). 



Cyperus ochraceus Vahl. Nassau, Jan. (144). 



Eleocharis camptotrichus schweinitzii C. B. Clarke. Conch 

 Sound, April (745). Determined by C. B. Clarke, Kew, 1891. "Same 

 as the plant collected in Guadeloupe by Bertero, taken as E. tenuissima 

 by Boeck., called by me as above; also mixed in Wright 3367 from 

 Cuba." 



Eleocharis capitata (Willd.) R. Br. Freshwater Pond, Hog 

 Island, Nassau (247). 



Eleocharis ochreata Nees. In banana-holes in the pines. New 

 Providence (327). 



Dichromena colorata (L.) A. S. Hitch. Common in the pines, 

 also found in abundance on the savannas at Red Bays, Andros, New 

 Providence, Jan.; Red Bays, April (100, 466). 



Fimbristylis monostachya (L.) Hassk. Fresh Creek, Andros, 

 June (634). 



Fimbristylis spadicea (L.) Vahl. Mastic Point, Andros, June; 

 Purser Point, June (596, 667). 



Rhynchospora microcarpa Baldw. Red Bays, April (493). 

 Same as Eggers 4308 from Bahama. 



Rhynchospora cyperoides (Sw.) Mart. Nassau, Feb. (288). 



Cladium Jamaicense Crantz. "Saw-grass." Fresh Creek, June 



(635)- 



Scleria filiformis Sw. Mastic Point, Andros, June (603). 



Palms from the Bahamas 2 



The palms have been neglected so generally in botanical collec- 

 tions that many striking novelties still remain to be secured by those 

 who brave the inconvenience of handling plants so unmanageable by 

 ordinary herbarium methods. The present small series of Bahama 

 palms shows what may be expected in many parts of the tropics, though 



1 Determined by Dr. Nathaniel L. Britton. 



2 The families Sabalaceae and Arecaceae were contributed by O. F. Cook, Wash- 

 ington, D.C. 



