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Evolvulus arhusculus Poir., with pretty little white, saucer-shaped flower; 

 Cenclirus trihuloides L., Ipomcea pes-caprce L., and Euphorbia iuxifolia L. 

 Swiana maritima L. also occurred, but Coccolohis uvifera (L.) Jacq., Tourne- 

 fortia gnaphalodes (Jacq.) E. Br. and Sccevola plumieri Vahl. were absent. 

 On the roclcy sides of the passage above mentioned grew Rhacicallis maritima 

 (Jacq.) Schum., Eritlialis fruiicosa L., Torruhia longifolia (Heimerl) Brit- 

 ton, Conocarpus erecta L., Pliyllanthus epiphyllanthus L., Genipa clusicefolia 

 (Jacq.) Griseb., and an occasional clump of TJniola racemiflora Trin. 



Running north and south near the center of the island is an elevated 

 ridge where the coppice is quite high for Eleuthera, The largest trees of this 

 growth were Coccolohis laurifolia Jacq., Bursera simariiba (L.) Sarg., and 

 Sideroxylon mastichodendron Jacq., the latter reaching 20 feet in height with 

 a base diameter of 2 feet. Metopium metopium (L.) Small (Poison-wood) 

 was not seen at any point at this landing, and it is evidently rare in the 

 northern part of Eleuthera. 



Near the base of the ridge on the western side were growing a number of 

 specimens of the tall, columnar Pilocereus lanuginosa RumpL, which we here 

 saw for the first time. 



Opposite the town the central ridge drops considerably into a slightly 

 elevated, rocky plane, where the covering is of the low coppice type. Here 

 occur Coccolohis laurifolia Jacq. (Pigeon plum), Bumelia loranthifolia 

 (Pierre) Britton (Milk plum), Fagara fagara (L.) Small (Wild lime), Bur- 

 sera simaruha (L.) Sarg. (Gum-elemi), Torruhia longifolia (Heimerl) Brit- 

 ton (Blolly), Bumelia microphylla Griseb. (Ink-berry), Picrodendron haccatum 

 hahamense Kr. and Urb., Ichthyomethia piscipula (L.) Hitch. (Dogwood), 

 Pithecolohium heyense Britton (Eam's horn). Acacia choriophylla Benth. (Cin- 

 necord), and Hcematoxylon campechianum L. (Logwood). The principal vines 

 were Serjania suhdentata ( Juss.) Poir., Gouania doming ensis L., and Partheno- 

 cissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. In sandy places Lantana crocea Jacq. and 

 Lantana involucrata L. were abundant. The eastern shore is sandy and has the 

 usual growth of such situations as Iva imhricata Walt., Coccolohis uvifera (L.) 

 Jacq., Cenchrus trihuloides L., Euphorbia huxifolia L., etc. 



SPANISH WELLS, GEORGE ISLAND. 

 The town of Spanish Wells is situated on a sandy plain which covers a 

 considerable part of the south side of the island. The growth on this sand flat 

 differs from that on any situation we have mentioned. It may be called the 



