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Cyperus brunneus Sw. Sandy soil near shore, Nassau; on beach, Powells Point, 

 Bleuthera (189, 420); Governors Harbor, Eleuthera; Cat Island. 



EleocJiaris cellulosa Torr. In a shallow salt marsh, Powells Point, Eleuthera (419) ; 

 Cat Island; Watlings Island. 



Decromena colorata Hitch. Pine-barrens, New Providence (52); Cat Island. 



Scirpus ferrugineus L. Wet pine-barrens. Lake Killarney, New Providence; salt 

 flats. Rum Cay (83, 449). 



*Schfrnns nigricans L. Rocks on border of a salt pond, Nassau (8). 



Cladium effusum Torr. (C. Jamaicense L.) (Saw grass). Wet-barrens, Lake Killar- 

 ney, New Providence (86); Cat Island; Watlings Island. 



Palm^.'" 



Inodes palmetto (Walt.) Cook (HaMl palmetto (Walt.) R. & S.) (Thatch palm). 



West road, New Providence; near shore, Watlings Island; Arthurs Town; 



Cat Island (437, 459, 530, 576); also at Current Settlement, Gregory Town and 



Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera. Affects borders of fresh or slightly brackish marshes. 

 Thrinax bahamensis Cook (Goat palm, Silver palm). Green Cay; border of the 



Eastern lake, Watlings Island; Nassau (250, 251, 481, 529, 539). Inhabits 



rocky ground in the interior. 

 Coccothrinax jucunda Sarg. (Silver-leaf palm. Silver-thatch palm). Green Cay; 



Spanish Wells, George Island; Watlings Island (248, 249, 306, 307, 490, 528); 



New Providence; Long Island. Inhabits dunes and sand plains near shore. 

 Cyclospathe northropi Cook (Hog-cabbage palm). In low coppice near shore. 



Powells Point, Eleuthera (414); Watlings Island; Long Island. Inhabits 



humus soil among rocks. 



Bkomeliace^. 



Tillandsia utriculata L. Arthurs Town, Cat Island (435). 

 *Tillandsia aloifoUa Hook. Which Point, Abaco (575). 



COMMELINACEiE. 

 Rhoca discolor- (L'Her.). Hance. Mt. Vernon, Nassau. 



Smilacace.e. 



*8milax beyrichii Kunth. Pine-barrens, New Providence (51, 298). 



Smilax havanensis Jacq. West road, Nassau, (108). 



Smilax oblongata viscifolia (Duham) Schulz. Mt. Vernon, New Providence (33). 



Amarylliuace.^. 



Agave rigida Mill. (Bamboo). Seen at Gregory Town, Governors Harbor and Tar- 

 pum Bay, Eleuthera. 



Hymenocallis arenicola Northrop. West road, Nassau; Gregory Town, Current 

 Settlement, Governors Harbor, and Powells Point, Eleuthera; Water Cay, Long 

 Island; Abaco. 



DiOSCORACEyE. 

 Rajania hastata L. Pine-barrens, New Providence (54). Which Point, Abaco. 



Determined by Dr. O. P. Cook. 



