226 VEGETATION 



Evolvulus arbusculus Poir., with pretty little white, saucer-shaped flower; 

 Cenchrus tribuloides L., Ipomcea pes-caprce L., and Euphorbia buxifolia L. 

 Suriana maritima L. also occurred, but Coccolobis uvifera (L.) Jacq., Tourne- 

 fortia gnaphalodes (Jacq.) E. Br. and Sccevola plumieri Vahl. were absent. 

 On the rocky sides of the passage above mentioned grew Rhacicallis maritima 

 (Jacq.) Schum., Erithalis fruticosa L., Torrubia longifolia (Heimerl) Brit- 

 ton, Conocarpus erecta L., Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus L., Genipa clusicefolia 

 (Jacq.) Griseb., and an occasional clump of Uniola racemiflora Trin. 



Eunning north and south near the center of the island is an elevated 

 ridge where the coppice is quite high for Eleuthera. The largest trees of this 

 growth were Coccolobis laurifolia Jacq., Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg., and 

 Sideroxylon mastichodendron Jacq., the latter reaching 20 feet in height with 

 a base diameter of 2 feet. Metopium metopium (L.) Small (Poison-wood) 

 was not seen at any point at this landing, and it is evidently rare in the 

 northern part of Eleuthera. 



Near the base of the ridge on the western side were growing a number of 

 specimens of the tall, columnar Pilocereus lanuginosa Eumpl., which we here 

 saw for the first time. 



Opposite the town the central ridge drops considerably into a slightly 

 elevated, rocky plane, where the covering is of the low coppice type. Here 

 occur Coccolobis laurifolia Jacq. (Pigeon plum), Bumelia loranthifolia 

 (Pierre) Britton (Milk plum), Fagara fagara (L.) Small (Wild lime), Bur- 

 sera simaruba (L.) Sarg. (Gum-elemi), Torrubia longifolia (Heimerl) Brit- 

 ton (Blolly), Bumelia microphylla G-riseb. (Ink-berry), Picrodendron baccatum 

 bahamense Kr. and Urb., Ichthyomethia piscipula (L.) Hitch. (Dogwood), 

 Pithecolobium Tceyense Britton (Eam's horn), Acacia choriophylla Benth. (Cin- 

 necord), and Hcematoxylon campechianum L. (Logwood) . The principal vines 

 were Serjania subdentata (Juss.) Poir., Gouania domingensis L., and Partheno- 

 cissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. In sandy places Lantana crocea Jacq. and 

 Lantana involucrata L. were abundant. The eastern shore is sandy and has the 

 usual growth of such situations as Iva imbricata Walt., Coccolobis uvifera (L.) 

 Jacq., Cenchrus tribuloides L., Euphorbia buxifolia L., etc. 



SPANISH WELLS, GEORGE ISLAND. 



The town of Spanish Wells is situated on a sandy plain which covers a 

 considerable part of the south side of the island. The growth on this sand flat 

 differs from that on any situation we have mentioned. It may be called the 



