FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 211 



been reported from New Providence are the following : Agave 

 rigida, Casearia loetioides, Pithecoloblum Hystrix, Peltophorum adna- 

 tum, Ichthyomethia Piscipida, Euphorbia cassythoides, Lucuma 

 paucijiora, Voyria Mexicana, Ipomcea repanda, Petitia Domingensis , 

 Vitex ilicifolia, Mimusops Floridana, and Morinda Royoc. With 

 very few exceptions the plants found on the savannas of Andros 

 were wanting on New Providence, and as they formed the most in- 

 teresting feature of the Andros flora, it may be worth while to give 

 the full list of plants found there. They were Sabbatia campanulata, 

 Eustoma exaltatum, Bletia verecunda, Euphorbia buxifolia, Dichromena 

 colorata, Cladium Jamaicense, Merosphazrum pectinatum, Gyrostachys 

 tortilis, Flaveria linearis, Hypoxis juncea, Cynoctomum sessilifolia 

 and C. Mitreola, Pinguicula pumila, Buchnera elongata, Gerardia pur- 

 purea and G. maritima, Polygala Boykinii and P. brizoides, Samolus 

 ebracteatus, Limodorum tuberosum, Aletris bracteata, Chiococca alba 

 parvijlora, Buxus Bahamensis, Heliotropium nanum, Crassopetalum 

 coriaceum, Rhamnidium punctatum, and Terminalia spinosa. Of 

 these only the first six were collected on New Providence, and in 

 addition to Rhamnidium punctatum, were the only ones found on 

 Andros elsewhere than on the savannas. 



On Andros itself, no Cactaceae were noted in the northern part 

 of the island, while Cereus Swartzii and two species of Opuntia were 

 quite common in the southern part, as they are said to be on the more 

 southerly islands of the group. We also noticed that, whereas Vitis 

 alata was very common on the northern half of the island, below that 

 it was replaced by the allied species Vitis trifoliata. 



On both islands mosses, lichens, and fungi were noticeably 

 infrequent, and of the few species of each that were found none were 

 common. 



