146 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



Hymenocallis arenicola sp. nov. 



Bulb large; leaves erect-spreading, fleshy, smooth, dark green, 

 lance-oblong, 4-5.5 dm. in length, 4-5.5 cm - wide, rounded at the apex 

 and narrowing at the base to 2.5-3.5 cm - 1 scape almost equaling the 

 leaves; bracts large, scarious, ovate or lanceolate, 3-6 cm. long, 1-2.5 

 cm. wide ; flowers seven to thirteen in a sessile umbel, white, fragment ; 

 tube filiform, white, 5-7 cm. long, shorter than the lobes ; divisions of 

 the perianth 8-1 1 cm., narrowly linear, recurved; crown infundibular, 

 3-4 cm. in length, less than half as long as the stamens, teeth prolonged 

 into the filaments; anthers linear, 1.5 cm. long, attached below the 

 middle; ovary ovate, three-celled, about 2 cm. long; style filiform, 

 longer than the stamens, about equaling the lobes of the perianth; 

 stigma small, capitate. 



Common on sandy beaches on the eastern side of Andros. Col- 

 lected at Nicol's Town, April; Fresh Creek and Deep Creek, June. 

 Most nearly related to H. Caribcea Herb. (519). 



Plate 2. Hymenocallis arenicola, inflorescence and leaf x f. 



Hypoxis juncea Smith. On border of swash. Red Bays, April, 

 May. Not common (476). The same as Wright 3745, except that it is 

 smaller and more delicate. 



DlOSCOREACE^E 



Rajania hastata L. Common on both islands. Nassau, Jan. ; 

 Deep Creek, June. Leaves very slender, 1 cm. in width, or less above 

 the base, otherwise like Wright, Cuba, 1712 (203). 



ORCHIDACE.E 



Bletia verecunda R. Br. Common in the pines on both islands 

 and on the border of the swash on west side of Andros. Nassau, Jan. ; 

 Red Bays, March. There seems to be no distinction between this 

 species and B. purpurea DC, reported as endemic in the Bahamas 

 (91). Same as 365 Plant. Guat., J. Donnell Smith. 



Epidendrum fucatum Lindl. "Wild Indian." Common in the 

 coppet. Conch Sound, May; Mastic Point, June; Mars Bay, July 

 (584, 711). Same as Wright 3329. 



Epidendrum nocturnum L. Conch Sound, March. In fruit 

 only (414). 



