252 VEGETATION 



ORCHIDACE.E. 



Bletia verecunda Sw. Rock holes in pine-barrens, New Providence (292). 

 Epidendrum gracile Lindl. On a rocky bluff, Current Settlement, Eleuthera (351). 

 Epidendrum fucatum Lindl. On trees, border of a Conocarpus flat, Which Point, 



Abaco (559). 

 Broughtonia lilacena Henfr. On barren rocks near sea, Current Settlement, Eleu- 



thera (370). 

 Vanilla articulata Northrop. Soldiers road, Nassau (in flower) ; edge of Conocarpus 



flat, East lake, Watlings Island (in fruit) (578, 579). 



CASUARINACE^B. 



Casuarina equisetifolia Forst. (Spanish Cedar). Naturalized on New Providence 

 and at Governors Harbor, Eleuthera. 



MYRICACE^E. 



Myrica cerifera L. (Wax-berry). On edge of a fresh-water bay near Lake Killarney. 

 New Providence (165). Also in similar situations, West road, New Provi- 

 dence, and on Cat Island, and Abaco. Said to have been introduced from the 

 United States. 



Ficus jacquinifolia Rich. (Fig-tree). Mangrove Cay, Andros (209). 



*Ficus sapotifolia Kunth & Benche. (Fig-tree). Mangrove Cay, Andros; Thomp- 



son's Folly, Nassau (215, 294). 

 Ficus brevifolia Nutt. (F. populcea var. bahamensis Urban) (Fig-tree). Arthurs 



Town, Cat Island; Clarence Harbor, Long Island (433, 512). 



ULMACE^E. 



Trema lima (Lam.) Hitch. (Mahoe). East road, Nassau; Mangrove Cay, Andros; 

 Spanish Wells, George Island (141, 212, 312). 



URTICACE^I. 

 Fleurya cestuans (L.) Gaud. Grants Town, Nassau (288). 



LORANTHACE^E. 



Dendropemon purpureus (L.) Kr. & Urb. On trees, Thompson's Folly, Nassau (296). 

 Phorodendron spathulifolium Kr. & Urb. On tiwietenia mahagoni, Blue Hills, New 

 Providence, Which Point, Abaco (303, 558). 



POLYGONACE^E. 



Coccolobis krugii Lindau. Low coppice, Watlings Island (473). 



Coccolobis retusa Griseb. On east side of hills, Gregory Town, Eleuthera (358). 



Coccolobis diversifolia Jacq. Clarence Harbor, Long Island (520). 



Coccolobis laurifolia Jacq. (Pigeon Plum). Low coppice, Green Cay (238). Seen on 



all islands visited except Rum Cay. 

 Coccolobis uvifera (L.) Jacq. (Sea Grape). Common on the shores of all the 



islands visited. 



