FLORA or New PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 59 
A low, twining plant, common on the savannas near Red Bays 
on the west side of Andros, April 15. Тһе same as a specimen 
at Kew collected by Governor Robinson in the pine barrens of 
New Providence, April, 1877. 
The species is closely related to Metastelma Blodgettii Gray, but 
differs in having no lines of pubescence on the stem, umbels 5-8- 
flowered, peduncles and pedicels shorter and the flowers smaller 
with the calyx shorter in proportion to the corolla, scales of the 
crown slightly incurved, broader and toothed at the apex. 
METASTELMA PALUSTRE Schltr. (Seufera maritima Decsn.) 
Hog Island, N. P., Feb.; Red Bays, April (333, 475). 
CONVOLVULACEAE 
ІРОМОЕА Batatas Lam. ‘Sweet potato." Cultivated and 
escaped on both islands. Nassau, Jan. (77, 223). 
IPOMOEA CATHARTICA Poir. Nassau, Jan. (220). Determined 
by Dr. Britton at Kew. 
ІРОМОЕА cocciNEA L. Nassau, Jan. (120). 
ІРОМОЕА СОММОТАТА К. & 5. Nassau, Jan. (231). 
ІРОМОЕА FASTIGIATA Sweet. Nicol’s Town, April (518). Com- 
pared at Kew by Dr. Britton. Same as Eggers 4370, 4541 from 
Bahama. 
IPOMOEA HEPTAPHYLLA Griseb. In the pines. Conch Sound, 
Мау (569). Same as Wright 1371. 
ТРОМОЕА Jamaicensis Don. “ Glory-morning." Common and 
very variable. Nassau, Feb.; Conch Sound, April ; Fresh Creek, 
June; Mars Bay, July (77, 254, 451, 623, 710). Determined 
by Dr. Britton at Kew. 
ІРОМОЕА GRANDIFLORA Lam. (J. ongiflora К. Вг.) Оп sandy 
beaches. Salt Cay, N. P., Jan.; Deep Creek, June (244). 
ТРОМОЕА РЕЗ-САРВАЕ (L.) Sweet. “ Bay-hop.’’ Very com- 
mon on sandy shores on both islands. Cocoanut Point, Andros, 
May (533). 
ІРОМОЕА REPANDA Jacq. (7. arenaria Steud.) Common in the 
pine-yard. Conch Sound, March (394, 404). Same as Wright 
3102. No. 394 has the leaves deeply cordate at base. 
ІРОМОЕА sIDIFOLIA Chois. “ Christmas gambol,” “ Christ- 
mas-flower.” Common about Nassau. Nassau, Jan. (13). 
