ES Y 
FLORA oF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 51 
1.5-2 cm. long, slightly bilabiate, unequally 5-toothed ; lobes 
acute, densely tomentose, <»out one fourth the length of the 
column: petals 5, white, hortly exceeding the calyx, oblong, 
clawed, subequal, the lower auricled near the base: column 7-8 
cm. in length, declined, covered with long mostly simple hairs : 
stamens IO, arranged in pairs; anthers divergent-oblong ; stami- 
nodia 5, ligulate: ovary tomentose, 5-celled : styles united, thick- 
ened at the apex : pod twisted, oblong, about 4.5 cm. in length: 
convolutions about ten, tomentose or at length glabrous. 
Collected near the mouth of Fresh Creek, Andros, June; also 
collected at Conch Sound by Mr. Alexander Keith, 1891 (645). 
PLATE II. Helicteres spiralis. Portions of plant in flower and fruit X % nearly. 
MELOCHIA NODIFLORA Sw. Nassau, Jan. (45). Same as 
Wright 39. 
MELOcHIA TOMENTOSA Г. Common on both islands. Nas- 
sau, Jan.; Nicol’s Town, March (253). Same as Wright 40> 
same as Eggers 1001. р 
WarrHERIA AMERICANA Г. Common on both islands; very 
variable. Nassau, Jan.; Nicol’s Town, March (89, 239, 429). 
W. AMERICANA var.? (136, 207). Collected at two different 
stations in Nassau, differing from all specimens examined іп hav- 
ing leaves smaller, 1-2 cm. long, 7-13 mm. wide ; marginal teeth 
not as acute, and in having both leaves and stems covered with 
stellate hairs; plant tall, less stout than the type. 
НҮРЕКІСАСЕАЕ 
Азсувом HYPERICOIDES Г. Common in the pines on both 
islands. Nassau, Jan.; Conch Sound, Мау (323). Same as Wr. 
2129 and Eggers 2047 (unnamed). 
BIXACEAE 
Xylosma ilicifolia sp. nov. 
Shrub 2-3 m. in height; bark grayish, = ийын: 
armed with slender spines 1-4 cm. long, spines often т 
branched : leaves alternate, variable in shape, oval, 
coe 
margin entire or frequently with one to t 
teeth on the upper half of the leaf, ae 
obtuse ; petiole 1-2 mm. in length: flowers — е 
staminate greenish, in axillary fascicles of 5-6, very short-pe 
