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BURSERACE-tfl. 



Swietenia mahogani L. (Mahogany, Madeira). Low coppice, Soldiers road, New 

 Providence (153, 259); Powells Point, Eleuthera; Rum Cay; Abaco. 



Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg. (Gum-elemi). Common on New Providence, Eleu- 

 thera; Watlings Island; Long Island; Abaco. 



MELIACE^E. 

 Melia azedarach L. (China-tree). Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (413). 



EUPHORBIACE^E. 



Croton eleuteria (L.) Sw. (Cascarilla, Sweet-wood bark). Low coppice, Nassau 



(3a). 

 Croton linearis Jacq. (Granny-bush). Near shore, New Providence: Governors 



Harbor, Eleuthera (23, 387); Tarpum Bay and Powells Point, Eleuthera; Long 



Island. 

 Croton lucidus L. Opposite Spanish Wells, George Island; Watlings Island (326, 



471). 



*Croton discolor Willd. Port Nelson, Rum Cay (453). 

 Croton lobatus L. Pine-barrens, New Providence (553). 



Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus L. (Hardhead). Mt. Vernon, Nassau; Clarence Har- 

 bor, Long Island (31, 524); common on Eleuthera, Cat Island; Watlings 



Island. 



Phyllanthus niruri L. Mangrove Cay, Andros (227). 

 * Phyllanthus virens Muell. Arg. Opposite Spanish Wells, George Island (328); a 



clambering scrub. 



Euphorbia punicea Sw. Small Cay in lake, Watlings Island (487). 

 *Euphorbia havanensis Willd. Banana field, Soldiers road, Nassau (45). 

 Euphorbia buxifolia L. On beach, New Providence (114); on sandy beaches of all 



the islands. 

 Euphorbia pilulifera L. Eleuthera, opposite Spanish Wells (319); among cocoanut 



palms near shore. 



*Euphorbia brasiliensis L. Gregory Town, Eleuthera (371). 

 *Euphorbia cayensis Millsp. On beach, Rum Cay (452) ; Abaco. A new species, 



first collected by us; afterward collected and named by Dr. Millspaugh. 

 Buxus bahamensis Baker. Killarney pine-barrens, New Providence; Watlings Is- 

 land (68, 474). 

 *Savia bahamensis Britton (Joe-wood, Bastard Crab-wood). Low coppice, East 



road, Nassau (157, 160). A new species described by Dr. Britton in Torreya, 



July, 1904. 

 G-ymnanthes lucida Sw. (Crab-wood). Spanish Wells, George Island; Watlings 



Island (314, 467); Gregory Town, Eleuthera; Long Island; Abaco. 

 Bernardia bernardia (L.) Britton (Bernardia carpinifolia Griseb.). Tarpum Bay, 



Eleuthera (405). 



Argythamnia candicans Sw. Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (409). 



Hippomane mancinella L. (Manchineel). Low coppice, Watlings Island (468, 485). 

 Exoecaria sagrcei Muell. Low coppice Watlings Island (478). 

 *Bonamia cubana A. Rich. Low, dry coppice, Arthurs Town, Cat Island (428). 

 Drypetes lateriflora (Sw.) Kr. & Urb. Blue Hills, New Providence (535). 

 *Pera humelicefolia Griseb. (Brown Ebony). High coppice at junction of Soldiers 



road and Blue Hills road, New Providence (537). A large tree. 

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