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oblong-lanceolate, apiculate at the apex, longer than the filaments; 

 pistil included; ovary adherent to the perianth for the lower half, 

 style flattened and broad at the base, slightly three-cleft above: stig- 

 mas three; ovules numerous; fruit not seen (463). 



Common on the savannas near Red Bays, Andros, April. 



Closely related to A. farinosa L., but differs in the grayish green 

 longer and narrower leaves, with more rigid apex, the longer bracts 

 and the broader flattened style. 



Plate i. Aletris bracteata. Entire plant Xf; />, interior of perianth; e, stamen; 

 r, pistii. 



SMILACACE.E 



Smilax auriculata Walt. New Providence, March; Conch 

 Sound, April, Purser Point, June. Common. Peduncles longer than 

 pedicels (339, 527). 



Smilax Havanensis Jacq. "Saw-brier." Nassau, Jan.; Purser 

 Point, Deep Creek, June. 



Specimens from Nassau and Purser Point unarmed ; Deep Creek 

 specimens have prickles on midrib of many of the leaves as well as on 

 margin (59, 663). 



Smilax sp. ? Unarmed or with very few prickles, branchlets 

 angular, leaves mostly broadest at the apex, obovate or oval, 4-5 cm. 

 long, 3-4 cm. wide, thickish, smooth, apex refuse, mucronate, base 

 acute, margin entire, veins prominulous on both sides ; tendrils usually 

 inserted a little below the middle of the petiole: staminate flowers, 

 peduncles longer than the petioles, flower-buds globose, petals ellip- 

 tical, blunt, 3-4 mm. ; anthers oblong. Pistillate flowers not seen. 

 Collected on border of swash at Purser Point, Andros, June (664). 



Amaryllidace.e 



Agave rigida Mill. "Bamboo." On savannas at Red Bays, 

 April. Not common. Flowers bright yellow. Determined by Mr. 

 J. G. Baker, at Kew, 1897. 



Agave rigida Sisalana Engelm. "Sisal." Cultivated and 

 escaped. Nassau, Jan. (164). 



Furcrcea Cubensis Haw. Specimens imperfect. Nassau, Jan. 

 (203). 



