2 5 J: VEGETATION 



NYMPHiEACE^E. 

 *Castalia ampla (DC.) Green. In a fresh pond, Arthurs Town, Cat Island (434). 



LAURACEiE. 



Ocotea catesbyana (Mich.) Sarg. Low coppice, Mt. Vernon, Nassau (30). 

 Casnytha fiUformis L. Parasitic on trees and scrubs, Nassau (112). Also on Man- 

 grove Cay, Andros; Green Cay; Watlings Island; Long Island; Abaco. 



Lythrace.e. 

 A7nma7iia latifolia L. On margin of a brackish marsh, Watlings Island (460). 



Crucifee^. 

 Cakile cequalis L'Her. Governors Harbor, Eleuthera (385). 

 Lepidium virginicum L. A weed introduced about Nassau. 



Capparidace.^. 

 *Capparis jamaicensis Jacq. (Wild Orange). Clarence Harbor, Long Island (497, 

 506). On vigorous young shoots the leaves are long and narrow. 



Crassulace.e. 

 Bryophyllum pinnatum. (Lam.) Krug. (Live-forever). New Providence; Tarpum 

 Bay, Eleuthera; Cat Island. 



Eosace.e. 



ChrysoMlanus icaco L. (Cocoa plum. Pigeon plum). West road, Nassau (88). 



On the shores of all the islands visited. Fruit pink. 

 Chrysobalanus fellocarpvs Meyer (Cocoa plum. Pigeon plum). Common, with the 



above, on all the islands visited. Fruit black. 



Mimosace.e. 



Acacia clioriopliylla Benth. (Cinnecord). Mangrove Cay, Andros (207). Common 

 on all the islands visited. 



Leucwna glauca (L.) Benth. ( Jumby-bean). Nassau (38). Gregory Town, Eleu- 

 thera. A common weed in old fields. 



Lysiloma latisiliqua (L.) Benth. (L. hahamensis Benth.) (Wild Tamarind). Sol- 

 diers road, Nassau (47). Mangrove Cay, Andros; Cat Island; Long Island. 



Lysiloma paucifolia (DC.) A. S. Hitch. (Horseflesh, Sabicu). Not uncommon on 

 New Providence, Andros and Eleuthera. 



Calliandra formosa Benth. Eleuthera, opposite Spanish Wells (321); Gregory 

 Town, Eleuthera. Leaves sensitive. Only a few specimens found. 



Calliandra h(ematomma (DC.) Benth. (Brier-tree). Watlings Island (484). Also 

 on Abaco. Abundant in low coppice. 



PithecoloMum hystrix Benth. Killarney pine-barrens, New Providence (182). 



*PithecoloMum mucronatum Britton (sp. nov.j). A scrub about 2 m. high, the 

 young shoots and peduncles sparingly pubescent. Leaves with two pairs of 

 leaflets, the petiole 1 cm. long or less, longer than or equalling the stiff, sharp, 

 puberulent, stipular spines, and mostly longer than the petiolules: leaflets coria- 

 ceous, rather narrowly obovate, 2 cm. long or less, glabrous, bright green and 

 shining above, pale green and dull beneath, the midvein excurrent as a mucro 

 0.5-1 mm. long; peduncles axillary to the upper leaves and much exceeding 

 them, slender, 5 cm. long or less, erect-ascending; inflorescence puberulent; 



f Species thus designated have been described by Dr. M. L. Britton, and are 

 here published for the first time. 



