58 ЕтокА oF New PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 
APOCYNACEAE 
Vinca RosEA Г. Nassau, Jan. (111). 
PLuMIERA OBTUsA Г. “ Frangipani,” “milkweed.” Not un- 
common near the shore. Fresh Creek, June (651). 
Еснітев Ахокеуъп Chapm. “Wild unction.” Common. 
Conch Sound, April, May (522). 
Еснітев BrFLORA Jacq. Conch Sound. Collected by “Mr. 
Alexander Keith, 1892 (740). Same as Eggers 2676. 
Еснітев ЗАСВАЕ! A. DC. Common. Nassau, Jan.; Conch 
Sound, March; Red Bays, April (128, 431, 461). 
EcHITES UMBELLATA Jacq. “‘ Devil’s potato-root," “ dream- 
vine." Very common and variable ; leaves range from lanceolate 
to orbicular, 2-10 cm. in width. Nassau, Jan.; Conch Sound, 
March; Red Bays, April; Deep Creek, June (61, 403, 673). 
PLUMIERA RUBRA 1. “F rangipani," ‘jessamine tree.” 
Mastic Paint (601). 
THEVETIA THEVETIA (L.) Millsp. Cultivated at Nassau (75). 
ASCLEPIADACEAE 
ASCLEPIAS Curassavica Г. Common about Nassau, Jan. (21). 
METASTELMA BAHAMENSE Griseb. Conch Sound, March (410). 
Metastelma barbatum sp. nov. 
Stem smooth, twining : leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, occa- 
sionally oblong, 1-2.5 cm. in length, 2-3 mm. in width, apex 
cuspidate or obtuse and mucronate, occasionally acute, base ob- 
tuse, margin entire, slightly thickened, midrib prominulous on the 
under side; petioles 2-3 mm.: umbels five- to eig ht-flowered ; 
peduncle 1-1.5 mm.; pedicels about 1 mm.: calyx lobes smooth, 
ovate, obtuse, about one fourth the length of the corolla: corolla 
greenish-white, urceolate-campanulate : petals lanceolate-oblong, 
obtuse, united about one third of the way, the upper third 
densely villous within and with a few scattered hairs in the center 
corolla: stigma depressed : follicle slender, acuminate, 3 cm. in 
length (474). 
PLATE 14. Metastelma barbata. Portion of plant ; е, crown ; а, calyx and pistil ; 
с, petals; 4, part of gynostegium ; 2, pollinia. 
