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more closely glandular-toothed ; petals yellow ; filaments pubescent below the middle ; 

 staminodia deltoid, ciliate ; styles distinct, often pubescent; capsules ovoid, about 2 mm. 

 long, surpassed by the sepals. 



Type collected on Eight Mile Rock, Great Bahama, January 5, 1905, L.J. K. Brace 3572. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



14. Cathartolinum bahamense (Northrop) Small. 



Linum bahamense Northrop, Mem. Torrey Club 12 : 42. 1902. 



Perennial, glaucous, the stems simple or branched at the base and somewhat corym- 

 bosely branched above, the branches ascending, like the stem glabrous and prominently 

 ridged at least in age ; leaves mostly approximate, erect or ascending, the blades thick, 

 linear to linear-lanceolate, 5-12 mm. long, acute or abruptly pointed, glabrous, eciliate, 

 pale on both sides ; bracts lanceolate to subulate, glandular-toothed ; outer sepals ovate to 

 oblong-ovate, 3-3.5 mm. long at maturity, acute or slightly acuminate, evenly glandular- 

 toothed ; inner sepals slightly shorter than the outer, acuminate and more finely toothed ; 

 petals yellow ; filaments pubescent below the middle ; staminodia lanceolate, ciliate ; ovary 

 glabrous; styles distinct, glabrous; capsules ovoid, about 2 mm. long, about equaling the 

 sepals. 



Type locality : Lake Waterloo, near Nassau, Bahama Islands. 

 Distribution : Bahama Islands. 

 Illustration : Mem. Torrey Club 12 : />/. 7. 



15. Cathartolinum Bracei Small, sp. nov. 

 Annual, light green or somewhat glaucescent, glabrous, the stem simple below or 

 sparingly branched at the base, corymbosely branched above, 1.5-3.5 dm. tall, somewhat 

 striate in age, the branches ascending, dichotomous, very slender ; leaves few, distant, 

 ascending, alternate above the lower part of the stem, the blades thinnish, spatulate to 

 oblong-linear, 6-14 mm. long, acute or acutish, entire, glabrous, ciliate, slightly paler 

 beneath than above ; bracts lanceolate, glandular-toothed ; outer sepals oval or oblong-ovate, 

 becoming 3.5-4 mm. long, evenly glandular-toothed, acute; inner sepals ovate, slightly 

 shorter than the outer, acute, evenly toothed like the outer; petals yellow; filaments 

 pubescent below the middle or near the base ; staminodia deltoid, ciliate ; ovary glabrous ; 

 stvles distinct ; capsules depressed, about 2 mm. long and about equaling the sepals. 



Type collected at West End, Great Bahama, April 16 to May 8, 1905, L.J. K. Brace 3513. 

 Distribution : Northern Bahamas. 



16. Cathartolinum lignosum Small, sp. nov. 



Perennial (apparently), bright-green, the stem woody, with elongate glabrous promi- 

 nently striate branches which terminate in few-flowered corymb-like cymes ; leaves quite 

 numerous but not crowded, rather spreading, the blades linear or nearly so, 4-11 mm. 

 long, somewhat acuminate, glandular-ciliate, paler beneath than above, sessile ; bracts 

 lanceolate, finely glandular-toothed ; outer sepals narrowly ovate to oblong-ovate, 3-3.5 

 mm. long during authesis, acuminate, evenly glandular-toothed; inner sepals broader than 

 the outer and more abruptly acuminate, evenly toothed ; petals yellow ; filaments and 

 staminodia glabrous ; ovary glabrous ; stvles distinct, glabrous; capsules not seen. 



Type collected on Eight Mile Rock, Great Bahama, February 5-13, 1905, N. L. Britkm & C. 

 F. mllspaugh 2384. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



17. Cathartolinum arenicola Small, sp. nov. 



Perennial or perhaps biennial, bright-green, glabrous, the stems solitary or usually 

 sparingly tufted, 2-7 dm. tall, corymbosely branched above, the branches terminating in 

 slender elongate evenly flowered raceme-like cymes ; leaves relatively few, remote, alter- 

 nate, early deciduous, the blades, at least of the leaves above the base of the stem, subulate 

 or subulate-acicular, mostly less than 1 cm. long, acuminate, entire, about equally green 

 on both sides, sessile ; bracts subulate, glandular-toothed ; outer sepals broadly oblong to 

 oblong-ovate, becoming 2.5-3 mm. long, short-acuminate, quite evenly glandular-toothed ; 

 inner sepals oval to oval-ovate, rather more abruptly acuminate than the outer but similarly 



