154 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



Persea Persea (L.) Cockerell. "Avocado pear." Common in 

 cultivation. Nicol's Town, March (371). 



Papaverace^e 

 Argemone Mexicana L. Common about Nassau, Jan. (51). 



CRUCIFER.E 



Brassica arvensis (L.) B. S. P. (B. Sinapistrum Boiss). Nassau, 

 Jan. (225). Leaves almost entire. 



Lepidium Virginicum L. Nassau, Jan. (140). 



Cakile iEQUALis L'Her. Common on sandy beaches. Salt 

 Cay, Feb. (88, 278). Same as Wright 1863. 



Capparidace^e 



Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank. "Wild mustard." 

 Fresh Creek, June (630). 



Crassulace,e 



Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) S. Kurz. (B. calycinum 

 Salisb.) " Live-for-ever." Nassau, Jan.; also on Andros (199). 



Rosacea 



Chrysobalanus Icaco L. "Pigeon plum." Common on sandy 

 shores. Nassau, Jan. ; Fresh Creek, June. Many specimens at latter 

 locality had white drupes (115). 



MlMOSACE^E 



Acacia choriophylla Benth. "Cinnecord." Common in the 

 pines on both islands. New Providence, Feb. ; Nicol's Town, March 

 (312, 364). 



Acacia Farnesiana (L.) Willd. Nassau, Jan. (44). 



Acuan depressa (Kunth.) Kuntze. {Desmanthus.) Red Bays, 

 April (495). 



Acuan virg ata (Willd.) Kuntze. {Desmanthus.) Mastic Point, 

 May (731). 



Mimosa pudica L. "Sensitive plant." Collected by Mr. Keith, 

 1891. Uncommon on Andros, but said to be abundant on Eleuthera. 

 Mastic Point (735). 



