Britton : The genus Ernodea 207 



pine trees formerly grew. The following specimens have been 



examined : 



Florida: Between Cutler and Longview Camp (Small 870); 

 below Cutler (S. H. Richmond) ; beach . opposite Miami {Small 

 2157) ; near Silver Palm School (Small 2260) ; near Long Prairie 

 (Britton ipi) ; Boca Grande Key, Marquesas Group (Lansing 



2276 ; E. lit t oralis ?). 



(Northrop 102 ; Cooper 58 ; Coker 



63; Britton & Millspaugh 20pp); And 

 5^7, 5 3 ip, 6867, 6ppj, 7084). 



Race 1. Leaves relatively twice as wide as in the typical 

 race ; corolla bright- scarlet. This inhabits Garden Cay at the 

 western end of the Great Bahama Island (Brace 3662) ; it may be 

 better regarded as a scarlet-flowered race of E. littoralis. 



3- Ernodea Cokeri Britton ; Coker in Shattuck, The Bahama 



Islands 264. 1905 



Occurring at the northern and northeastern range of the genus, 

 this species exhibits the narrowest leaves of any, these being mostly 

 only 1.5 mm. wide or less. So far as known it is confined to 

 Abaco and the Great Bahama, growing in pine-lands and in scrub- 

 lands where pines evidently formerly existed. Its flowers are ap- 

 parently red or pink. I have seen the plant growing on the Great 

 Bahama Island, but not in bloom ; its aspect and habit are very 

 characteristic there, it forming a trailing vine, a meter long or more. 



Bahamas: Abaco (Coker 564; Brace 1805, 18 21); Great 

 Bahama (Britton & Millspaugh 2370). 



/\ ace *■ Leaves twice as wide as typical, approaching in size 

 and form those of E. angusta. On sand dunes, Barnett's Point, 

 ^reat Bahama (Britton & Millspaugh 2681). 



4. Ernodea Millspaughii sp. nov. 



A shrub, 6-12 dm. high, the twigs and leaves glabrous, 

 leaves oblong-oblanceolate, sharply pointed, 2-3 cm. long, 5-8 

 m m- wide, similar to those of E. littoralis, the short broad stipules 

 cuspidate ; flowering calyx obovoid, about 3 mm. long, the trian- 

 gular lobes only one fifth to one fourth as long as the ovary ; 



tuh V Vh ' te ' l Cm " long ' itS lobes about one haIf aS Iong aS the 

 u e; fruit nearly oval, 5 mm. long, the calyx-lobes triangular- 

 lanceolate, i. 5 _ 2 mm . lo > g> 



