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CHENOPODEJE. 



*Chenopodium spathulatum Sieb. Gregory Town, Eleuthera (373). 



Atriplex cristata H. B. K. Powells Point, Eleuthera (416). 



Salicornia ambigua Michx. Port Nelson, Rum Cay (448); Which Point, Abaco. 



AMARANTACE^;. 



Lithophila vermicularis (L.) Uline. North beach west of Nassau; Little Mangrove 

 Cay, Andros; edge of West lake, Watlings Island (37, 201, 476). 



*Alternanthera maritima St. Kil. Little Mangrove Cay, Andros (196). 



Alternanthera repens (L.) Kuntze. A weed in door-yards, Spanish Wells, George 

 Island (313). 



Iresine paniculata (L.) Kuntze. In sand near shore, Mangrove Cay, Andros; Tar- 

 pum Bay, Eleuthera (214, 407). 



*Amaranthus tristis L. Soldiers road, Nassau (264). A weed. 



BATIDE^E. 

 Batis maritima L. Shore of West lake, Watlings Island (482); Elbow Cay, Abaco. 



PHYTOLACCACE^;. 



Rivina humilis L. Near The Caves, New Providence; Mangrove Cay, Andros; 



Arthurs Town, Cat Island (76, 210, 424). 

 Rivina Icevis L. In the coppice, Elbow Cay, Abaco (572). 

 *Petiveria alliacea L. Grants Town, Nassau (293). 



NYCTAGINACE^E. 



*TorruUa obtusata (Jacq.) Britton. Low coppice, New Providence (5, 252). 

 TorruUa longifolia (Heimerl) Britton (Blolly-bush). Nassau; near shore, Spanish 



Wells, George Island; Watlings Island (15, 41, 316, 472); seen at most points 



visited. This is the plant identified by Northrop as Pisonia obtusata Sw. 

 *TorruUa cokeri Britton. Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (401); low coppice, New Provi- 



dence. A new species described by Dr. Britton in the Bulletin of the Torrey 



Botanical Club for November, 1904. 



Bcrrhaavia paniculata Rich. Current Settlement, Eleuthera (344). 

 Bwrhaavia scandens L. Gregory Town, Eleuthera (374). 



AlZOACE^. 

 Sesuvium portulacastrum L. On sandy beaches of all the islands visited. 



PORTULACEuE. 



Portulaca oleracea L. East road, Nassau; Mangrove Cay, Andros (131, 219, 221). 



Portulaca pilosa L. Among dry rocks, Port Nelson, Rum Cay (440). 



Portulaca halimoides L. Mount Vernon, Nassau; Mangrove Cay, Andros (128, 220). 



Anona palustris L. (Custard apple, Pond apple). In brackish bays, New Providence, 

 Cat Island; Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera. 



