178 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



BORAGINACE.E 



Cordia angustifolia R. & S. Fresh Creek, June (619). 

 Agrees with Wright 3 114 except in having spatulate leaves and 

 surface much less pubescent. 



Cordia lima R. & S. "Granny-bush." Common on Andros. 

 Nicol's Town, March (376). Ex. desc. 



Cordia Sebestena L. Common along shore on both islands. 

 Same as Cooper 52; agrees with Wright 3554 except in the shape of 

 the leaves. All the Bahaman specimens examined have the leaves 

 oval instead of ovate (107). 



Bourreria Havanensis (Willd.) Miers. "Strong-back." Com- 

 mon on both islands in the pines and coppet. Nassau, Jan. ; London 

 Creek, May; Fresh Creek, June (74, 542). 



Tournefortia gnaphalodes (Jacq.) R. Br. Common on 

 sandy beaches on both islands. Nassau, Jan. (63). 



Tournefortia volubilis L. Nassau, Jan.; common on both 

 islands (212). 



Heliotropium Curassavicum L. Nassau, Jan.; Middle Bight, 

 Andros, June (198). 



Heliotropium parviflorum L. Nassau, Jan. (24). 



Heliotropium nanum sp. nov. 



Low, shrubby, corymbose-branching, 8-1 1 cm. high, branches 

 erect-ascending, entire plant strigose-canescent ; leaves numerous, 

 appressed, alternate, sessile, about 2 mm. long and 1 mm. wide, 

 elliptical-oblong in shape, acute, margin entire; flowers scattered, 

 solitary, sessile, about as long as the leaves and opposite them; 

 calyx persistent, segments 5, imbricate, slightly unequal, lanceolate, 

 acute, about 1 mm. in length, strigose-canescent; corolla white, 

 campanulate, shortly exceeding the calyx, hairy on the outside, 

 lobes 5, ovate-oblong; stamens inserted about the middle of the corolla 

 tube, anthers lanceolate, append iculate appendage almost as long 

 as the anther, disk flat, ovary free, globose; style short; stigma 

 annular with a conical tip; fruit depressed-globose, separating into 

 four one-seeded, hairy nutlets; seeds curved (757). 



Collected at Red Bays on the savannas. In flat, rather marly 

 ground near the shore. 



