168 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



tomentose, hairs lawny, stellate; petiole about i cm. in length; 

 stipules subulate; inflorescence fascicled, few-flowered, peduncles 

 1.5-2 cm. long, pedicels glandular at base; calyx campanulate, 

 1.5-2 cm. long, slightly bilabiate, unequally 5-toothed, lobes acute, 

 densely tomentose, about one-fourth the length of the column ; petals 

 5, white, shortly exceeding the calyx, oblong, clawed, subequal, the 

 lower auricled near the base; column 7-8 cm. in length, declined, 

 covered with long mostly simple hairs ; stamens 10, arranged in pairs, 

 anthers divergent-oblong, staminodia 5, ligulate; ovary tomentose, 

 5-celled ; styles united, thickened at the apex; pod twisted, oblong, 

 about 4.5 cm. in length; convolutions about 10, tomentose or at 

 length glabrous. 



Collected near the mouth of Fresh Creek, Andros, June; also 

 collected at Conch Sound by Mr. Alexander Keith, 1891 (645). 



Plate ii. Helicteres spiralis. Portions of plant in flower and fruit X \ nearly. 



Melochia nodiflora Sw. Nassau, Jan. (45). Same as Wright 



39- 



Melochia tomentosa L. Common on both islands. Nassau, 



Jan.; Nicol's Town, March (253). Same as Wright 40; same as 



Eggers 1 99 1. 



Waltheria Americana L. Common on both islands; very 

 variable. Nassau, Jan.; Nicol's Town, March (89, 230, 429). 



W. Americana var. ? (136, 207). Collected at two different 

 stations in Nassau, differing from all specimens examined in hav- 

 ing leaves smaller, 1-2 cm. long, 7-13 mm. wide, marginal teeth 

 not as acute, and in having both leaves and stems covered with 

 stellate hairs ; plant tall, less stout than the type. 



Hypericace^e 



Ascyrum hypericoides L. Common in the pines on both 

 islands. Nassau, Jan. ; Conch Sound, May (323). Same as Wright 

 2129 and Eggers 2047 (unnamed). 



Bixace^e 

 Xylosma ilicifolia sp. no v. 



Shrub 2-3 m. in height, bark grayish, verrucose, usually armed 

 with slender spines 1-4 cm. long, spines often much branched ; leaves 

 alternate, variable in shape, oval, oblanceolate or obovate, 2-3 cm. 

 in length, 1-2 cm. wide, coriaceous, shining above, apex acute and 



