the bahama islands 253 



Chenopodeje. 



*Ghenopodium spathulatum Sieb. Gregory Town, Eleuthera (373). 



Atriplex cristata H. B. K. Powells Point, Eleuthera (416). 



Salicornia avibigua Michx. Port Nelson, Rum Cay (448); Which Point, Abaco. 



Amarantaceje. 



Lithophila vermicularis (L.) Uline. North beach west .of Nassau; Little Mangrove 

 Cay, Andros; edge of West lake, Watlings Island (37, 201, 476). 



*Alternanthera maritima St. Hil. Little Mangrove Cay, Andros (196). 



Alternanthera repens (L. ) Kuntze. A weed in door-yards, Spanish Wells, George 

 Island (313). 



Iresine paniculata (L.) Kuntze. In sand near shore. Mangrove Cay, Andros; Tar- 

 pum Bay, Eleuthera (214, 407). 



*Amaranthiis tristis L. Soldiers road, Nassau (264). A weed. 



Batide.^. 

 Batis maritima L. Shore of West lake, Watlings Island (482); Elbow Cay, Abaco. 



PHYTOLACCACEiE. 



Rivina humiJis L. Near The Caves, New Providence; Mangrove Cay, Andros; 



Arthurs Town, Cat Island (76, 210, 424). 

 Rivina lavis L. In the coppice. Elbow Cay, Abaco (572). 

 "^Petiveria alUacea L. Grants Town, Nassau (293). 



ISrYCTAGINACE.13. 



*Torruhia ohtusata (Jacq.) Britton. Low coppice. New Providence (5, 252). 



Torriibia longifolia (Heimerl) Britton (Blolly-bush). Nassau; near shore, Spanish 

 Wells, George Island; Watlings Island (15, 41, 316, 472); seen at most points 

 visited. This is the plant identified by Northrop as Pisonia obtusata Sw. 



*Torrubia cokeri Britton. Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (401) ; low coppice. New Provi- 

 dence. A new species described by Dr. Britton in the Bulletin of the Torrey 

 Botanical Club for November, 1904. 



Barhaavia paniculata Rich. Current Settlement, Eleuthera (344). 



Barhaavia scandens L. Gregory Town, Eleuthera (374). 



AlZOACE^E. 

 Sesiivium port iilacastr urn L. On sandy beaches of all the islands visited. 



PORTULACEiE. 



Portulaca oleracea L. East road, Nassau; Mangrove Cay, Andros (131, 219, 221). 



Portulaca pilosa L. Among dry rocks, Port Nelson, Rum Cay (440). 



Portulaca haUmoides L. Mount Vernon, Nassau; Mangrove Cay, Andros (128, 220). 



ANONACEiE. 



Anona palustris L. (Custard apple. Pond apple). In brackish bays. New Providence, 

 Cat Island; Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera. 



