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palm," appears with both labels and increases the probability that the 

 specimens were properly associated. In the event of doubt on this 

 point the inflorescence should be treated as the type. 



Cocos nucifera L. Common in cultivation. 



Bromeliace^e 



Tillandsia Balbisiana R. & S. "Wild pine." Common and 

 variable. Red Bays and Conch Sound, April; Lisbon Creek, June 

 (491, 528). 



Tillandsia bulbosa Hook. "Wild onion." On mangroves in 

 the swash. Purser Point, June. Not common (654). 



Tillandsia fasciculata Swartz. "Dog-drink-water." Com- 

 mon. Nicol's Town, Red Bays, April (439). 



Tillandsiaf lexuosa Sw. Nicol's Town, March. Like Blodg- 

 ett's specimen from Key West; not like Wright 3271 (369). 



Tillandsia recurvata L. Not common. Fresh Creek, Kemp 

 Sound, Andros, June (617). 



Tillandsia utriculata L. More than 1.5 m. in height. 

 Flowers whitish. Larger than any specimens examined. Fresh Creek, 

 June (612). 



COMMELINACE^E 



Commelina nudiflora L. Nassau, Jan. (7). 

 Rhcea discolor (L'Her.) Hance. {Tradescantia discolor L'Her.) 

 Nassau, Jan. ; Conch Sound, April (26). 



Liliace.e 

 Aletris bracteata sp. nov. 



Roots numerous, fibrous; basal leaves numerous, spreading, 

 grayish green, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, apex acuminate, rigid, 

 narrowed at the base, 6-10 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide; scape 5-6 dm. 

 in height, bearing small, scattered bract-like leaves; raceme erect, 

 many-flowered, pedicels about 1 mm. in length, bracts subulate, 4-6 

 mm. in length, almost equaling the corolla; perianth tubular-oblong, 

 sometimes slightly contracted below the lobes, white, 6-8 mm. long, 

 about 3 mm. wide, slightly roughish on the outside ; lobes six, oblong- 

 lanceolate, about one-fourth as long as the tube; stamens included, 



