(118) 
2808). Rare in the Bahamas and apparently not previously 
reported. 
CAESALPINIA VESICARIA L. 
Rocky coppice, Great Guana Cay (Brition & Millspaugh, 
288r); Long Island ( Coker, 576). 
Caesalpinia reticulata sp. nov. 
A shrub or small tree, 4 m. high or less, similar to C. dahkamenszs. 
Stem and branches unarmed in all specimens observed ; young shoots 
puberulent; leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, obliquely oval or obliquely obovate, 
coriaceous, glabrous when mature, strongly finely reticulate-nerved 
and shining above, dull and less prominently nerved beneath, 
rounded, truncate or slightly emarginate at the apex, narrowed or 
obtuse at the base, 1.5-5 cm. long, 3 cm. wide or less, very inequi- 
lateral ; petiolules 2-3 mm. long; racemes solitary or 2 or 3 together, 
2 dm. long or ae flowers yellowish-white ; pedicels ascending, 
1-2 cm. long, becoming very stout in fruit; calyx stipitate, the 
tube nearly hemispheric, its lower lobe hooded, rather more than 
twice as long as the other broad acutish ones; stamens long-ex- 
serted; legume flat, smooth, 6-9 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide, its stipe 
somewhat longer than or equaling the persistent calyx-tube. 
Inagua (Nash & Taylor, ror2 type; 1260,1419,1455). C. ba- 
hamensis Lam., based on Catesby’s plate (vol. 2: f/. 57), and well 
illustrated there, is a taller tree, with smaller, less strongly nerved 
and nearly equilateral leaflets, its stem aud branches abundantly 
armed with prickles, its pedicels more slender and its flowers some- 
what smaller; the flowers are not white as described by Catesby, 
but greenish yellow. It is known to me from New Providence 
( Cooper, 94; Coker, 84; Curtiss, 128; Eggers, 4176; Britton, 2; 
Britton & Brace, §39) and Andros (Northrop, 26a). It is re- 
corded by Professor Urban (Symb. Ant. 2: 278) from Acklin 
Island and Fortune Island. 
Guilandina ovalifolia (Urban). 
Caesalpinia ovalifola Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 273. 
Common in coastal coppices on New Providence and Hog Island 
(Northrop, 116, type; Britton & Brace, 276, 329; Curtiss, 143); 
Eleuthera ( Coker, 360). The leaflets vary from rounded to narrowed 
at the base, and their terminal mucro is often 2 mm. long; racemes 
solitary or in pairs, 1.5-2 dm. long; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 
attenuate-acuminate, 8 mm. long, soon spreading; pedicels t-1. 
cm. long; sepals oblong, obtuse, densely tomentulose, 6-7 m 
long, 1.5-2 mm. wide, soon reflexed; petals bright yellow, ree 
