186 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



dm. in height, with smaller, thicker, more rigid leaves, lanceolate with 

 a blunt apex, 2-2.5 c^- ^^^gj flowers yellowish brown. Resembles 

 a specimen of Blodgett's from Key West in the Gray herbarium. 



Phialanthus myrtilloides Griseb. "Candlewood." Staf- 

 ford Creek, May; Fresh Creek, June (541, 642, 728). 



Strumpfia maritima Jacq. Common on the cays and along 

 the shores of both islands. Nassau, Jan.; Lisbon Creek, Andros, 

 June (151). 



MoRiNDA RoYOC L. "Wild mulberry," "wild pineapple." Not 

 uncommon in the pines on Andros. Conch Sound, March (425). 

 Same as Wright 2757. Plants 1.5-2 m. in height. 



Myrstiphyllum pubescens (Sw.) a. S. Hitch. (Psychotria.) 

 Conch Sound, May (585). Same as Wright 243 and 1278. 



Myrstiphyllum undatum (Jacq.) A. S. Hitch. {Psychotria.) 

 "Wild coffee." Nicol's Town, March (361). 



Myrstiphyllum ligustrifolium sp. nov. 



A low shrub with smooth dark bark; branchlets slightly angled; 

 leaves opposite, petioles 2-4 mm. in length, blade elliptical or 

 oblanceolate, 3-6 cm. long, 1-2 cm. broad, thickish, paler beneath, 

 apex acuminate, base cuneate or tapering, margin entire, slightly 

 revolute, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs beneath on the midrib 

 or in the axils of the veins, veins rather inconspicuous above ; stipules 

 rusty membranaceous, truncate, sheath deciduous, about 5 mm. in 

 length; flowers in three- to five-rayed terminal panicles, peduncle 

 about 2 cm. in length, pedicels about i mm. or flowers sessile, bracts 

 minute, ciliate; calyx deciduous, tubular-campanulate, 1-2 mm. 

 long, lobes 5, very short, acute, ciliate; corolla whitish, somewhat 

 funnel-form, about three times as long as the calyx, throat bearded, 

 lobes 5, valvate, half as long as the tube, lance-oblong, obtuse, thick- 

 ened and involute at the apex, at length reflexed; stamens 5 (6), 

 inserted in the throat of the corolla, included, filaments short, anthers 

 oblong; ovary two-celled, globose; style smooth, dilated upwards^ 

 two-cleft at apex; drupe dark red, globose or ovoid, 5-6 mm. high, 

 4-5 mm. broad, pyrenae flat, four-furrowed, crests broadly obtuse (206). 



Collected at two places in the neighborhood of Nassau, Jan. 

 The same as Eggers 4052 from Hog Island. It is related to M. 

 celastroides Gris. 



Plate 17. Myrstiphyllum ligustrifolium. Branch in leaf and flower, about natu- 

 ral size; h^ fruiting branch; 5, single flower; a, interior of corolla showing stamens; 

 c, pistil. 



