FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 69 
on the midrib or in the axils of the veins, veins rather inconspicu- 
ous above: stipules rusty membranaceous, truncate, sheath decidu- 
ous, about 5 mm. in: length: flowers in three- to five-rayed ter- 
minal panicles ; peduncle about 2 cm. in length; pedicels about 1 
mm. or flowers sessile; bracts minute, ciliate: calyx deciduous, 
tubular-campanulate, 1-2 mm. long; lobes 5, very short, acute, 
ciliate: corolla whitish, somewhat funnel-form, about three times 
as long as the calyx, throat bearded, lobes 5, valvate, half as long 
as the tube, lance-oblong, obtuse, thickened and involute at the 
apex, at length reflexed: stamens 5 (6), inserted in the throat of 
the corolla, included ; filaments short ; anthers oblong : ovary two- 
celled, globose: style smooth, dilated upwards, two-cleft at apex : 
drupe dark red, globose or ovoid, 5-6 mm. high, 4-5 mm. broad, 
pyrenae flat, four-furrowed, crests broadly obtuse (206). 
Collected at two places in the neighborhood of Nassau, Jan. 
` The same as Eggers 4052 from Hog Island. Itis related to М. 
celastroides Gris. 
PLATE 17. Myrstiphyllum ligustrifolium. Branch in leaf and flower, about nat- 
ural size; Л, fruiting branch; s, single flower; а, interior of corolla showing stamens ; 
* €, pistil, | 
ERNODEA LITTORALIS Sw. Common іп the pines on both 
islands (sometimes near the shore). Flowers red or white. New 
Providence, Jan. ; Rose Island, N. P., Feb. ; Nicol's Town, March 
(102, 264). 
SPERMACOCE TENUIOR Lam. In the pines, N. P., Feb. (319). 
Same as Eggers 4441. 
RELBUNIUM nyPocaRPIUM (L). Hemsl. (Сайит hypocarpium 
Endl.) Conch Sound, April (52 3) Plants glabrous. 
CUCURBITACEAE 
Anguria Keithii sp. nov. 
Stem climbing, glabrescent, somewhat sulcate : leaves deeply 
divided with seven narrowly elliptical segments, 4-6.5 cm. long, 
5-І cm. wide, outside segments lobed near the base: central seg- 
ments the narrowest, apex mucronate, tapering at base, margin 
entire above but the three or five central segments with a few, large 
mucronate teeth (one to five on each side) : petiole .5-2 cm. : leaves 
rather thin, somewhat punctate beneath : tendrils simple, much 
ionger than the leaves: inflorescence racemose, the 3-6 flowers 
approximate at the top of the peduncle ; peduncle about 8 nh 
long, longer than the leaves; pedicels 5-9 mm. long: staminate 
flowers : calyx tubular-campanulate, constricted at the throat ; tube 
