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Psychotria iindata Jacq. Mt. Vernon, New Providence; Eleuthera, opposite Span- 

 ish Wells; in a banana hole, Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera; Clarence Harbor, Long 

 Island (28, 330, 412, 507). 



Striimpfia maritima Jacq. Killarney pine-barrens. New Providence (59); common 

 near the shores of all the islands visited. 



Hamelia patens Jacq. Bluebeard's Tower, Nassau (127). 



Scolosanthus bahamensis Britton. Low coppice, East road, Nassau (138). 



Erithalis fruticosa L. (Black-torch). Low coppice, New Providence; on sandy 

 beach, Watlings Island (43, 73, 161, 192, 463) ; common on all the islands 

 visited. The Watlings Island specimen is a peculiar beach form with thick, 

 round leaves and procumbent, trailing branches. 



Catesbwa fasciculate Northrop. Near the beach. Green Cay (247). 



Cateshwa spinosa L. (Prickly Apple). Side of hill, Gregory Town, Eleuthera (367) ; 

 abundant on Long Island. 



Outtarda scabra Lam. Low coppice, Eleuthera, opposite Spanish Wells (318); not 

 uncommon in pine-barrens on New Providence. 



Outtarda elliptica Sw. Arthurs Town, Cat Island; Clarence Harbor, Long Island 

 (425, 515). 



Randia aculeata L. Pine-barrens, Soldiers road, Nassau (56). 



Morinda roioc L. Gregory Town, Eleuthera (379). Which Point, Abaco. 



Exostemma cariba'um (Jacq.) R. & S. (Prince- wood). Watlings Island (465). New 

 Providence. 



Oenipa clusiafolia (Jacq.) Griseb. (Seven-year-apple). New Providence; Rum Cay; 

 Green Cay; Current Settlement, Eleuthera; Watlings Island; Long Island; 

 Abaco. 



CUCURBITACE.^3. 



Anguria keithii Northrop. Mangrove Cay, Andros (204, 218). 



GOODENIACE^:. 

 Scu-vola plumieri (L.) Vahl. A common beach plant on all the islands visited. 



COMPOSIT.E. 



Aster tennuifoli'us L. Edge of a brackish pond, Nassau (3b); Abaco. 



Borrichia sp. Edge of a brackish pond, Nassau (14). 



Borrichia argentea DC. Com.mon on shores of all the islands visited. 



Borrichia glabra Small. Common with above on all the islands visited. 



Iva cheiranthifolia Kunth. Blue Hills road. New Providence; Green Cay (12, 239). 



Iva imbricata Walt. On sandy shores, Green Cay; Current Town, Eleuthera; Wat- 

 lings Island; Governors Harbor, Eleuthera; Rum Cay; New Providence. 



Baccharis dioica Vahl. Killarney barrens, New Providence (183); along shore, and 

 in moist places. Mangrove Cay, Andros; Gregory Town and Powells Point, 

 Eleuthera; Cat Island; Rum Cay; Watlings Island. 



*Baccharis angustifolia Michx. (Broom-bush). Edge of Mangrove Swamp, West 

 road, Nassau (194). 



*Leptilon canadense (L.) Britton. Governors Harbor, Eleuthera; Rum Cay (381, 

 455). 



Ageratum muticum Griseb. Arthurs Town, Cat Island (431). 



Isocarpha oppositifoUa (L.) R. Br. Clarence Harbor, Long Island (492). 



Melanthera deltoidea Michx. Clarence Harbor, Long Island (500). 



Eupatorium repandum Willd. Water Cay, Clarence Harbor (526); growing with 

 Salmea. 



Eupatorium sp. Which Point, Abaco (560). 



