FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 153 



Aizoace^e 



Sesuvium portulacastrum L. Common on sandy beaches on 

 both islands, variable. Nassau, Jan. (149). 



PORTULACACE^E 



Portulaca oleracea L. Common prostrate form, collected at 

 Nassau, Jan. 



Portulaca oleracea L. var. ? Plants 2-2.5 dm. high, ascending, 

 nearly erect; leaves 1-2.25 cm - ^ n length, obtuse or sometimes retuse, 

 axils shortly and sparsely pilose : flowers larger than in the common 

 form, clustered : petals 4-5 mm. : sepals strongly carinate-winged : 

 style 3-4-parted: seeds small, less than .5 mm., rugose. Found 

 growing abundantly on Cormorant Cay in the Northern Bight, west 

 side of Andros, June (658). 



Portulaca halimoides L. Conch Sound, May. Common on 

 rocks (580). 



Anonace.e 



Anona palustris L. "Custard apple." Not uncommon in 

 swampy parts of the coppet. Conch Sound, March (408). Same as 

 Rugel 710. 



Anona squamosa L. " Sugar apple." Nicol's Town, cultivated 

 (5i3)- 



RANUNCULACE.E 



Clematis dioica L. Collected by Mr. Alexander Keith at Conch 

 Sound, 1894. Not common (742). 



Laurace.e 



Nectandra sanguinea Rottb. "Sweet torchwood." Common 

 in the coppet. Conch Sound, Red Bays, April; Fresh Creek, June 

 (487, 613). Agrees with Wright 484 except that the leaves are narrower 

 (2.5-3 cm -)- 



Cassytha filiformis L. Common on shrubs and low trees. 

 Nassau, Jan. (78, 104, 512). A more slender form with yellow stems 

 was found on low grasses at Loggerhead Creek on the west side of 

 Andros, also found on Rose Island, N.P. (266). 



