(315) 
cites this plate of Brown under his description of Polygala dtversi- 
folia L. 
In the original description (Sp. Pl. 703) Linnaeus simply indi- 
cates the habitat of the species in Tropical America, but in taking 
up the genus Badiera, de Candolle (Prodr. 1: 334) certainly iden- 
tifies the plate of Brown with the Linnaean species. With this 
evidence at hand, it appears to me that Polygala jamaicensis of 
hodat is a synonym of Polygala diversifolia L. Professor 
Chodat cites Cuban specimens collected by Wright under P. dzver- 
stfolia, but these are clearly all different from the Jamaica species 
and it is unlikely that Linnaeus had the Cuban plant before him, 
and if my solution of the problem is correct, the Cuban species is 
without a name, unless it be the same as the Bahama plant above 
described; more specimens of it are needed to determine this point. 
CoLUBRINA CUBENSIS Brongn. 
Pleasant Hill, near Nicholl’s Town, Andros (Brace 6898); near 
Nicholl’s Town (Brace 6774). 
ABUTILON LiGNosuM (Cav.) Rich. 
aste places, Clarence Town, Long Island (Arztton & Adills- 
paugh 6265); Harbor Island, Eleuthera (2. G. Britton 6385). 
Passiflora bahamensis sp. nov. 
tems slender, 
purple, usually trailing, sometimes climbing on 
low shrubs, 0.5— . dri 
1.5 rils at nearly every node, 
c -segments ovate-lanceolate, acute; petals ovate-oblong, about 
2 cm. long; crown purple, its outer segments about three fourths 
as long as the petals; berry globose, about 2 i iameter, 
New Provipence: On limestone, South Side Road (August 31, 
1904, Britton & Brace 392, type); Blue Hills Road (Bretton 55) ; 
near Nassau (Curtiss 209); Killarney pine barrens ( Coker 70) ; 
Wolf Road (Britton & Millspaugh 2102); Anpros: (Northrop 
