262 VEGETATION 



APOCYNACE^;. 



Vallesia glabra Cav. Gregory Town and Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (361). 

 Rhabdadenia sagrcei (A. DC.) Small (Echites sagrcei A. DC.). Pine-barrens, New 



Providence; Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (75, 302, 394); all points on Eleuthera; 



Watlings Island. 

 Rhabdadenia biflora (Jacq.) Mill. (Echites biflora Jacq.). Edge of conocarpus marsh, 



west of Nassau ( 79 ) ; Mangrove Cay ; Gregory Town and Governors Harbor, 



Eleuthera; Rum Cay; Watlings Island; Abaco. 

 Urechites andrewsii (Chapm.) Small (Echites andrewsii Chapm.). West road, 



Nassau (81). 

 Echites umbellata Jacq. Soldiers road, Nassau (253); Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera; 



Rum Cay; Watlings Island. 

 Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small (Vinca rosea L.). Soldiers road, New Providence 



(255) ; in sand near shore, Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera. Also cultivated. 

 Plumiera obtusa L. (Frangipani). West road, Nassau; Mangrove Cay, Andros; 



Powells Point, Eleuthera; Rum Cay. 



ASCLEPIADACE^E. 



Asclepias curassavica L. Nassau (125, 272). 



Metastelma palustre (Pursh.) Schltr. Green Cay; Governors Harbor, Eleuthera 



(237, 384). 

 *Metastelma brachystephanum Griseb. (?). Water Cay, Long Island (525). 



CONVOLVULACEJS. 



Ipomcea dissecta Pursh. (/. sinuata Ort.). Nassau; Arthurs Town, Cat Island (2, 



426). 

 *Ipoma;a sagittata Cav. (7. speciosa Walt.). Border of a fresh marsh on South 



side, New Providence (549). 



Ipomcea pes-caprcB L. (Bay Hop.) Beach near Nassau (105). Watlings Island. 

 Jacquemontia jamaicensis (Jacq.) Hall. West road, Nassau (103). 

 Evolvulus arbusculus Poir. On sand near beach, Current Settlement, Eleuthera 



(336); Cat Island; Rum Cay; Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera. 

 Evolvulus sericeus Sw. Pine-barrens, New Providence (544). 

 Calonyction bona-nox (L.) Boj. (Ipomoca bona-nox L.) (Moonflower). Rum Cay, 



among Mangroves (445). Naturalized from India. 



BORAGINACE^E. 



Heliotropium curassavicum L. Beach near Nassau (36). 



Duranta repens L. (Bitter-sweet). Low coppice, New Providence (61); Mangrove 



Cay, Andros; Abaco. 



Cordia sebestena L. West road, Nassau; Little Mangrove Cay, Andros (62, 195). 

 Cordia bahamensis Urban. (Granny-bush). Near north shore, New Providence (77, 



106); Cat Island; Long Island; Abaco. This is given in Northrop as C. lima 



R. & S. 

 * Cordia cylindrostachya R. & S. Gregory Town, Eleuthera; Clarence Harbor, Long 



Island (378, 496). 



Cordia globosa (L.) H. B. K. Clarence Harbor, Long Island (501). 

 Cordia sp. Rum Cay (443). A weed along shore. 



Bourreria havanensis (Willd.) Miers. (Strong-back). Mangrove Cay, Andros; Sol- 

 diers road, New Providence (208, 213, 258). Common on all the islands visited. 



