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strongly mucronate (or sometimes obtuse), margin entire or frequently 

 with one to three large, mucronate teeth on the upper half of the leaf, 

 base cuneate or sometimes obtuse, petiole 1-2 mm. in length; flowers 

 dioecious, minute; staminate greenish, in axillary fascicles of 5-6, 

 very short-pediceled, bracts minute, ciliate; sepals 4-5, ovate, 

 ciliate at apex; stamens 8-10, filaments recurved, longer than the 

 anthers, anthers globose, disk annular; pistillate flowers 2-3 in a 

 cluster, pedicels about 1 mm. in length; sepals 4, lanceolate, ciliate 

 towards the apex, pistil more than twice the length of the sepals, 

 about 1 mm. long, ovary globose, styles two, thick, short, stigmas 

 two, disk annular, berry globose, bluish black, about 5 mm. in 

 diameter, one-celled and four-seeded (124, 388). 



Collected at Nassau, Jan. ; Nicol's Town, Andros, March 27 

 and April 9; Fresh Creek, June 10. It is the same as Cooper's 

 13 from New Providence, marked in pencil by Gray " Xylosma 

 infestum?" '; also collected by Governor Robinson 322; Brace 98 and 

 Eggers 446. Seems to be between X. infestum Griseb. and X. buxi- 

 folium A. Gray; differs from the latter in having the upper surface 

 of the leaves shining, apex mucronate, sepals ciliate, petioles and 

 pedicels shorter, and in the shape and margin of the leaves. 



Plate 12. Xylosma ilicifolia. Portion of plant, x f; n, fruit; bb, flower; 

 a, sepal; c, stamens; e, ovary. 



Canellace.e 



Canella Winterana (L.) Gaertn. (C. alba Murray.) "Wild 



cinnamon," " Bahama whitewood bark." Not uncommon. Nassau, 

 Jan.; Deep Creek, June (79, 708). Same as Wright 2122. 



TlTRNERACE^E 



Turnera ulmifolia L. Common on both islands. Nassau, 

 Jan. (57). Same as Wright 209. 



Passiflorace^e 



Passiflora angustifolia Sw. Nicol's Town, Conch Sound, 

 March (389, 427). 



Passiflora cuprea L. "Wild watermelon." Common on 

 both islands. Nassau, Salt Cay, Jan.; Nicol's Town, March (121, 



243)- 



Passiflora minima L. Common. Nassau, Jan. ; Salt Cay, 

 Conch Sound, March (216, 242, 428). Same as Wright 1245. 



