FLORA оғ NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 67 
lary slender, in pairs, about as long as the leaves: flowers scat- 
tered, small, solitary, sessile in the axils : calyx-tube short, ovoid ; 
lobes 4, subulate, persistent: corolla valvate, campanulate, white, 
5-7 mm. in length; lobes 4, short, 1-2 mm. long, obtuse, spread- 
ing: stamens 4, inserted at the base of the corolla tube; fila- 
ments glabrous, slightly exceeding the tube; anthers linear: 
ovary 2-celled, 2-flattened, pendulous ovules in each cell: style 
smooth, a little longer than the stamens : fruit (immature) a berry. 
Collected at Fresh Creek, Andros, June 6. Тһе same as 
Eggers 4508 from Hog Island (627). 
PLATE 16. Catesbaea fasciculata. Portion of plant, about natural size ; o, flower 
with corolla removed ; », interior of corolla showing stamens. 
SCOLOSANTHUS Sp. 
A low, tortuous branching shrub, slightly resinous with slender 
scattered spines, 5-6 mm. in length: leaves and stem minutely 
рарШове : leaves fascicled or opposite, minute, 2-2.5 mm. in 
length, short-petioled, ovate, obtuse with revolute margins, thick, 
shining: stipules small, connate: flowers not seen: drupe ovoid 
or globose, sessile, axillary, white, about 2 mm. in length, and 
containing one compressed seed. 
A single specimen collected on the south side of Fresh Creek, 
Andros, June (646). 
БАКША ACULEATA L. Common on both islands. Nicols 
Town, March (383). Same as Wright 392 and Curtiss 1129. 
GENIPA CLUSIAEFOLIA (Jacq.) Griseb. “ Беуеп-уеаг apple." 
Spruce Сау, М. P., Feb.; Mastic Pt., Fresh Creek, June (299). 
Same as Wright 3574 and Curtiss 1130. 
GUETTARDA ELLIPTICA Sw. Stafford Creek, Andros, May ; 
Lisbon Creek, June (540, 677). 
GUETTARDA SCABRA Lam. Stafford Creek, May ; Fresh Creek, 
June; Conch Sound, July (535, 049, 730). The specimens from 
Stafford and Fresh Creek 535 and 649 are identical but differ 
greatly from 730; the former have thicker, rigid leaves, paler in 
color, with an entire revolute margin and the veins prominently 
raised on the under surface. No. 730 has the leaves strongly 
mucronate, margin crenate and the upper surface much more sca- 
brous than in Wright 2707. No. 730 is the same as Brace 186 
and 197 as compared at Kew by Dr. Britton. 
ANTIRRHOEA LUCIDA Gaertn. Deep Creek, July (7 24). Same 
as Wright 1270. 
