180 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



as it much resembles a specimen collected by Eggers at St. Thomas 

 and so named by Watson. 



Lantana involucrata L. "Wild sage," "big sage." Com- 

 mon on both islands. Fort Montague, Nassau, Jan. (56). 



Lippia canescens Kth. Nassau, Jan. (114). 



Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx. Hog Island, N.P. ; Red Bays, 

 April (250, 481). Same as Eggers 1537, St. Domingo (unnamed). 



Abena Jamaicensis (L.) A. S. Hitch. {Stachytarpha Vahl.) 

 Roadsides, Nassau, Jan. (19). 



Citharexylum Berterii Spreng. Calabash Cay, Andros, 

 June (608). Leaves much longer than in Wright (1356), 10-12 cm. 

 long, 1-2.5 cm - wide. 



Citharexylum lucidum Cham. & Schlecht. Leaves oblance- 

 olate, cuneate at base, shining and leathery when old, apex obtuse 

 or emarginate, corolla puberulous, raceme erect in fruit. Conch 

 Sound, May (571). 



Duranta repens L. (D. Plumieri Jacq.) Common on both 

 islands. Nassau, Jan. (39). 



Petitia Domingensis Jacq. Nicol's Town, March (358). 

 Compared at Kew by Dr. Britton. Same as Eggers 4203 and Robin- 

 son 55. 



Vitex ilicifolia Rich. Fresh Creek, June (625). Deter- 

 mined at Kew by Dr. Britton. Same as Wright 3180. 



Avicennia nitida Jacq. "Salt bush," "black mangrove." 

 Common in the swash and along the shore. Mastic Point, May 



(593)- 



Ovieda fragrans (W.) A. S. Hitch. {Clerodendron.) "Wild 



jessamine." New Providence, along the roadside. Naturalized. 



Feb. (328). 



Ovieda aculeata (L.) A. S. Hitch. Nassau, March. Escaped? 



(296). 



Labiat.e 



Micromeria Brownei Benth. Conch Sound, April (526). 

 Petioles 4-5 mm., equaling or exceeding the leaves and peduncles: 

 under surface of leaves and stem purplish. 



Salvia occidentalis Sw. New Providence, Feb. (265). 



Salvia serotina L. Silver Cay, Nassau, Jan. (157). 



