49 FLoRA ОЕ New PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 
ARACHIS HYPOGAEA Г. “Groundnut.” Cultivated. Mastic 
Point, May (600). 
ERYTHRINA CoRALLODENDRON L. “ Lightning-tree.’’ Culti- 
vated. Nassau (308). 
OXALIDACEAE 
OXALIS CORNICULATA REPENS Zucc. Nassau, Feb. (330). 
Oxauts sp. Acaulescent, bulbs scaly ; leaflets broadly obcor- 
date, about 5 cm. wide and 2 cm. long ; petioles 14-16 cm., a little 
longer than the scape: flowers pale purple, about 1 cm. wide. 
Near О. latifolia Kunth. Nassau, Feb. Probably escaped (331). 
LINACEAE 
Linum Bahamense sp. nov. 
Suffruticose, 3-6 dm. in height, corymbosely branched, branches 
erect-ascending : stems sulcate : leaves numerous, alternate, pA 
appressed-ascending, whitish, linear-lanceolate, 8-11 mm. long, 
little more than 1 mm. wide, one-nerved, the midrib prominent on 
the under side and projecting at the apex so as to form a mucro, 
margin entire or the younger leaves glandular-ciliate, glabrous or 
with a few scattered hairs at the base or along the midrib on the 
upper side; two dark stipular glands at the base of the leaves: 
flowers corymbose, numerous; pedicels short, 2 mm. in length, 
bracts ciliate-glandular : sepals 5, lanceolate, acuminate, 2-3 mm. 
long, ciliate- glandular, keeled, persistent : petals bright yellow, more 
than twice the length of the sepals, obovate: stamens 5, united at 
the base included: anthers oblong : styles 5, distinct, filiform: ovary 
globose, imperfectly 10-celled; ovules 10; capsule globose, 2—3.5 
mm, in diameter, about as long as the calyx, splitting into 10 valves ; 
seeds oblong, compressed, reddish-brown (204, 496). 
Common in the pines on both islands. Collected at Lake 
Waterloo near Nassau, Jan. 25 ; near Southwest Beach, N. P., Feb. 
26; at Red Bays on the west side of Andros, April 17; also со!-. 
lected in N. P. by Eggers, no. 4181. 
This is related to Г. sulcatum Riddell, but the styles are dis- 
tinct, the leaves are one-nerved and the septa of the capsule are 
not glandular. | 
PLATE 7. Linum Bahamense, Entire plant, X 8 $; Z, flowers and buds ; 7, sepal ; 
a, petal; s, stamen ; м, anther; ; Ж, fruit. 
ERYTHROXYLON BREVIPES DC. “ Rat-wood.” Deep Creek, 
June (692). Same as Wright 2134 and Eggers 2435 unnamed 
specifically. 
