FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 185 



sessile, axillary, white, about 2 mm. in length, and containing one com- 

 pressed seed. 



A single specimen collected on the south side of Fresh Creek, 

 Andros, June (646). 



Randia aculeata L. Common on both islands. Nicol's 

 Town, March (383). Same as Wright 392 and Curtiss 11 29. 



Genipa cluslefolia (Jacq.) Griseb. "Seven-year apple," 

 Spruce Cay, N.P., Feb.; Mastic Point, Fresh Creek, June (299). 

 Same as Wright 3574 and Curtiss 1130. 



Guettarda elliptica Sw. Stafford Creek, Andros, May; 

 Lisbon Creek, June (540, 677). 



Guettarda scabra Lam. Stafford Creek, May; Fresh Creek, 

 June; Conch Sound, July (535, 649, 730). The specimens from 

 Stafford and Fresh Creek 535 and 649 are identical but differ greatly 

 from 730; the former have thicker, rigid leaves, paler in color, with 

 an entire revolute margin and the veins prominently raised on the 

 under surface. No. 730 has the leaves strongly mucronate, margin 

 crenate and the upper surface much more scabrous than in Wright 

 2707. No. 730 is the same as Brace 186 and 197 as compared at 

 Kew by Dr. Britton. 



Antirrhcea lucida Gaertn. Deep Creek, July (724). Same 

 as Wright 1270. 



Antirrhcea myrtifolia Griseb. Red Bays, April; Fresh 

 Creek, June (470). Same as Wright 2782 and Brace 445. Deter- 

 mined at Kew by Dr. Britton. 



Erithalis fruticosa L. "Black torch." Common on both 

 islands. Nicol's Town, March; Red Bays, April; Deep Creek, 

 June (365, 482, 691). Same as Curtiss 1127. 



Erithalis rotundata Griseb. Deep Creek, June (739). 

 Same as Wright 1268. 



Chiococca parvifolia Wulschl. "Snake-root." Common in 

 the coppet on both islands. Nassau, Jan. ; Deep Creek, June 

 (138, 688). Same as Wright 3584. 



Chiococca alba (L.) A. S. Hitch. (C. racemosa Jacq.) Nassau, 

 Jan. (28). 



Chiococca sp. Red Bays, April (477). 



The latter was a depressed form found in the savannas on the 

 west side of Andros. Stems erect, unbranched ; plant low, about 3 



