FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 167 



of Andros. Conch Sound, March, May (398). Same as Wright 



35*4- • 



Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. (Ampelopsis 

 quinqiiefolia (L.) Michx.) Carmichael, New Providence, Feb. 

 (322). Single specimen. 



TlLIACEvE 



Triumfetta semitriloba L. Common about Nassau. Jan. 



(4, 47)- 



Corchorus hirsutus L. Common on both islands. Nassau, 

 Jan.; Nicol's Town, March (202). Same as Wright 2091. 



Corchorus siliquosus L. Common about Nassau; very 

 variable in the size of the leaves. Nassau, Jan. (139, 222). 



Malvaceae 



Sida carpinifolia L. Common. Nassau, Jan. (35). A very 

 strict form with crenate leaves found at Nicol's Town, April (433). 



Sida supina L'Her. Nassau, Feb. (306). 



Abutilon crispum (L.) Medic. Nicol's Town, March (370). 



Pavonia spicata Cav. (P. racemosa Sw.) Collected by Mr. 

 Alexander Keith at Conch Sound, 1891 (736). 



Hibiscus cryptocarpus Rich. "Wild cotton." Nicol's Town, 

 March; Deep Creek, June (397). Same as Wright 1575. 



Hibiscus esculentus L. "Gumbo," "okra." Conch Sound, 

 May. Cultivated and escaped (549). 



Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Not uncommon along the east coast 

 of Andros. Conch Sound, May (564). Same as Eggers 2632. 



Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (Eriodendron anfractuosum 

 DC.) "Silk-cotton tree," "Ceiba." Nassau, cultivated and es- 

 caped? Nassau, Jan. (152). 



Sterculiace^e 

 Helicteres semitriloba Bertero. Fresh Creek, June (664). 



Helicteres spiralis sp. nov. 



A tall shrub; young branches and leaves tawny tomentose; 

 leaves lance-ovate, acute, unequal and cordate at base, 6-9.5 cm - 

 long, 2.5-4 cm. wide, 3-5-ribbed, margin crenulate-denticulate, 

 sometimes with a few large teeth, upper surface pubescent, under 



