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FLORA ОЕ New PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 19 
ELEOCHARIS OCHREATA Nees. Іп banana holes in the pines. 
New Providence (327). 
DicHROMENA СОГОКАТА (L.) A. S. Hitchc. Common іп the 
pines, also found in abundance on the savannas at Red Bays, 
Andros, New Providence, Jan.; Red Bays, April (100, 466). 
FIMBRISTYLIS MONOSTACHYA (L.) Hassk. Fresh Creek, Andros 
June (634). 
FIMBRISTYLIS SPADICEA (L.) Vahl. Mastic Pt., Andros, June; 
Purser Pt., June (596, 667). 
RHYNCHOSPORA MICROCARPA Baldw. Red Bays, April (493). 
Same as Eggers 4308 from Bahama. 
RHYNCHOSPORA CYPEROIDES (Sw.) Mart. Nassau, Feb. (288). 
CLADIUM JAMAICENSE Crantz. ‘Saw-grass.’’ Fresh Creek, 
June (635). 
SCLERIA FILIFORMIS Sw. Mastic Pt., Andros, June (603). 
PALMS FROM THE BAHAMAS* 
The palms have been neglected so generally in botanical col- 
lections that many striking novelties still remain to be secured by 
those who brave the inconvenience of handling plants so unman- 
ageable by ordinary herbarium methods. The present small series 
of Bahama palms shows what may be expected in many parts of 
the tropics, though for the benefit of botanists who may wish to 
emulate the example of Dr. and Mrs. Northrop it may be per- 
missible to add that when other material is being secured, ripe 
fruits, or even the naked seeds, are extremely desirable, and may 
usually be picked up at the base of the tree long after the fruiting 
season has passed. | 
The present list recognizes five palms from the Bahamas, though 
two of these are not named specifically for lack of adequate ma- 
terial. One may be the species reported by Professor Hitchcock 
аз Thrinax argentea while our ZArimax Bahamensis may corre- 
spond to his 7. parviflora, though numerous species of this group 
are doubtless to be found in the Bahama archipelago. Grisebach 
reported only Sabal umbraculifera, a name no longer tenable. It 
has been stated also that the Bahamas have a cabbage palm 
(Euterpe) and a royal palm (Oreodoxa), but these names are also 
* The families Sabalaceae and Arecaceae were contributed by O. Е, Cook. 
