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gives an idea of the conditions here. Among the pines the following scrubs 

 or trees were observed: Tetrazygia bicolor (Mill.) Cogn. (Wild guava), Cordia 

 bahamensis Urban, Ichthyomethia piscipula (L.) Hitch. (Dogwood), Bursera 

 simaruba (L.) Sarg. (Gum-elemi), Metopium metopium (L.) Small (Poison- 

 wood), Swietenia mahogani L. (Mahogany), Tecoma bahamensis Northrop, 

 Bumella microphylla Griseb. (Ink-berry), Acacia choriophylla Benth. (Cinne- 

 cord), Anthacanthus acicularis Nees., Duranta repens L. (Bitter-sweet), Erno- 

 dea littoralis Sw., Myrica cerifera L., Willughbceya h&terophylla Small, Rajania 

 hastata Kunth, Byrsonima lucida (Sw.) DC. (Sweet margaret), Erythroxylon 

 brevipes DC. (Sareto), Morinda roioc L., Hypelate trifoliata Sw. (Bed-wood), 

 Bourreria havanensis (L.) Miers. (Strong-back), Exothea paniculata (Juss.) 

 Eadlk. (Butter-bough), Vernonia bahamensis Griseb., Gymnanthes lucida Sw. 

 (Crab-wood), Eugenia buxifolia (Sw.) Willd., Erithalis fruticosa L. (Black 

 torch), Rapania guyanensis Aubl. (Beef -wood), and Coccolobis laurifolia Jacq. 

 (Pigeon plum). Beneath the ferns was found the new species of Ernodea 

 (Ernodea coTceri Britton), with much more delicate leaves than the common 

 Ernodea littoralis Sw. Here also was found Galium hispidulum Mich., first 

 collected from the Bahama Islands. 



At certain places the Conocarpus-flat was bordered with an association of 

 Aster tenuifolius L. and Distichlis maritima Eaf ., mixed in places with a little 

 Salicornia ambigua Michx., resembling, with the exception of the Salicornia, 

 the association already mentioned on the border of a brackish pond in New 

 Providence. In the coppice behind this association grew Swietenia mahogani 

 L. (Mahogany), Bumelia loranthifolia (Pierre) Britton (Milk plum), and a 

 little, scattered Juniperus barbadensis L. The milk plum was here the 

 highest seen, reaching 12 feet, with a diameter of 9 inches. Epidendrum 

 fucatum Lindl. (Yellow orchid) and Phorodendron spathulifolium Kr. & Urb. 

 were abundant on the trees, the mistletoe showing its usual preference for 

 mahogany. 



LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED. 



* Names preceded by an asterisk indicate that the species was collected for the 

 first time in the Bahamas by the Botanical corps of the Bahama Expedition. 



MYXOMYCETES. 13 

 *Physarum compression A. & S. Dr. Farlow says: "This specimen is interesting 



as being a form of the species noted in the tropics by Lister, but although not 



quite the northern form, still not specifically distinct." 

 *Physarum globuliferum (Bull.) Pers. 



Determined by Dr. W. G. Farlow. All collected at Mangrove Cay, Andros. 



