( 316) 
(91; Brace 5191, 5022, 6861, 7ror); Cat Istanp: The Bight 
(Britton & Millspaugh 5833). 
This species has been referred to both P. czdzata Ait. and to P. 
pectinata Griseb. Among our collections it comes nearest to the 
Cuban plant illustrated by C. Wright’s zo. 260z, called P. ciliata, 
but differs markedly in foliage, by its smaller fruit, and by its purple 
stems. J have twice seen the Cuban plant growing: at Madruga 
(Britton & Shafer 675), and at Matanzas (Britton & Wilson 
727). This does not appear to be the true czlzata of Aiton, which 
is probably only a form of P. foetida L. It differs altogether from 
P. pectinata Griseb., of the eastern and southern Bahamas, which 
has nearly or quite unlobed, thin, ovate, crenate leaves, flowers 
twice as large, oval fruit, and very few glands except on the invo- 
lucre. The distribution of P. pectinata is illustrated by the fol- 
lowing specimens, additional to those recorded in Bull. N. Y. Bot. 
Gard. 4: 121: 
Little San Salvador (Britton & AMillspaugh 5665); Cat Island 
(Britton & Milispaugh 5926); Conception Island (Britton & 
Millspaugh 5988) ; Crooked Island (Brace g609) ; Acklin’s Island 
( Brace 4477); Long Cay [Fortune Island] (Brace gogo) ; Grand 
Turk (Nash & Taylor 3804). 
CasEARIA ALBA A. Rich. 
Waterloo coppice, New Providence (Britton & Brace 720; 
Brace 5336, 7151). Identification based on Wright 2890, so de- 
termined by Grisebach. A long woody vine with widely diverging 
branches. 
MENTZELIA FLORIDANA Nutt. 
In sandy soil, Governor’s Harbor, Eleuthera (Britton & Mills- 
paugh 5516); new to the Bahamas. 
Urechites lutea (L.). 
Vinca lutea L. Cent. Pl. 2: 12. 1756. 
Lchites Catesbaei G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 74. 1838. 
Lchites Andrewsii Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. 359. 1860. 
Urechites Andrewsti Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 9347. 1903. 
Vinca lutea of Linnaeus is based wholly on Catesby’s ‘ Apo- 
cynum scandens salicis folio flore amplo pleno” (Catesby, Car. 
2: 53, pl. 57); the illustration is crude, but unmistakable for a 
common vine of the Bahama Islands. 
