262 VEGETATION 



ApOCYNACE.55. 



Vallesia glabra Cav. Gregory Town and Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (361). 

 Rhabdadenia sagra-i (A. DC.) Small {Echites sagran A. DC). Pine-barrens, New 



Providence; Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (75, 302, 394); all points on Eleuthera; 



Watlings Island. 

 Rhabdadenia biflora (Jacq.) Mill. {Echites biflora Jacq.). Edge of conocarpus marsh, 



west of Nassau (79); Mangrove Cay; Gregory Town and Governors Harbor, 



Eleuthera: Rum Cay; Watlings Island; Abaco. 

 Urechites andren-sii (Chapm.) Small (Echites andreivsii Chapm.). West road, 



Nassau (81). 

 Echites umbellata Jacq. Soldiers road, Nassau (253); Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera; 



Rum Cay; Watlings Island. 

 Am.mocallis rosea (L.) Small (Vinca rosea L.). Soldiers road. New Providence 



(255) ; in sand near shore, Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera. Also cultivated. 

 Plumiera obtusa L. (Frangipani). West road, Nassau; Mangrove Cay, Andros; 



Powells Point, Eleuthera; Rum Cay. 



AsCLEPIADACEiE. 



Asclepias curassavica L. Nassau (125, 272). 



Metastelma palustre (Pursh.) Schltr. Green Cay; Governors Harbor, Eleuthera 



(237, 384). 

 *Mctastelma brachystephanum Griseb. (?). Water Cay, Long Island (525). 



CONVOLVULACE.15. 



Ipomcea rttssec^a Pursh. (/. sinuata Ort.). Nassau; Arthurs Town, Cat Island (2, 



426). 

 *Ipomaa sagittata Cav. (/. speciosa Walt.). Border of a fresh marsh on South 



side. New Providence (549). 

 Ipomwa pes-capra- L.. (Bay Hop.) Beach near Nassau (105). Watlings Island. 

 Jacquemontia jamaicensis (Jacq.) Hall. West road, Nassau (103). 

 Evolvulus arbusculus Poir. On sand near beach. Current Settlement, Eleuthera 



(336); Cat Island; Rum Cay; Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera. 

 Evolvulus sericeus Sw. Pine-barrens, New Providence (544). 

 Calonyction bona-nox (L.) Boj. (Ipomaa bona-nox L.) (Moonflower). Rum Cay, 



among Mangroves (445). Naturalized from India. 



BORAGINACE/E. 



Heliotropium cnrassavicum L. Beach near Nassau (36). 



Duranta repens L. (Bitter-sweet). Low coppice, New Providence (61); Mangrove 



Cay, Andros; Abaco. 

 Cordia sebestena L. West road, Nassau; Little Mangrove Cay, Andros (62, 195). 

 Cordia bahamensis Urban. (Granny-bush). Near north shore. New Providence (77, 



106); Cat Island; Long Island; Abaco. This is given in Northrop as C. livxa 



R. & S. 

 * Cordia cylindrostachya R. & S. Gregory Town, Eleuthera; Clarence Harbor, Long 



Island (378, 496). 

 Cordia globosa (L.) H. B. K. Clarence Harbor, Long Island (501). 

 Cordia sp. Rum Cay (443). A weed along shore. 



Bourreria havanensis (Willd.) Miers. (Strong-back). Mangrove Cay, Andros; Sol- 

 diers road. New Providence (208, 213, 258). Common on all the islands visited. 



