70 ЕгокА ОЕ New PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 
5-7 mm. long; lobes 5, 2-3 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate : 
petals orange, elliptical, about 1 cm. in length, obtuse or shortly 
mucronate: stamens 2, included; anthers inserted about the mid- 
dle of the tube, sessile, lanceolate, acuminate or acute, about 6 
mm. in length, replicate below about one third of the way : pis- 
tillate flowers and fruit not seen (556). 
Collected at Conch Sound, Andros, May 8. Comes nearest to 
A. pedata Jacq. but differs in having leaves 7-cleft, segments nar- 
rower, margin more deeply toothed and leaves thinner, flowers 
fewer, sepals longer and acuminate: - 
Named for Mr. Alexander Keith on whose sisal plantation the 
plant was collected. 
PLATE 18. Anguria Кейт. Portion of vine, $; a, stamen, front view; 9|, 
stamen, rear view. 
TRIANOSPERMA RACEMOSA (Griseb.) T. & С. Conch Sound, 
March (419). Same as Wright 1243. 
GOODENIACEAE 
ScaEVoLA Рілмівкі (L.) Vahl. Common on the sandy 
beaches on both islands. South Beach, N. P., Jan. (85). 
COMPOSITAE 
VERNONIA BAHAMENSIS Griseb. Соттоп in the pines on both 
islands. Nassau, Jan. (101). Same as Eggers 4187 and Brace 
118. 
AGERATUM CONYZOIDES Г. Nassau, Jan. (22). 
EurATORIUM AGERATIFOLIUM DC. — Nassau, Jan. (176). Same 
as Wright 2803. 
Eupatorium Bahamense sp. nov. 
Shrubby, branching, branches cylindrical, striate, tips pubes- 
cent, somewhat rusty: leaves opposite; petioles 3-10 mm. in 
length, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-4.5 cm. long, .75-2 cm. 
wide, base cuneate, apex obtuse, margin entire or slightly repand, 
triply nerved (in some young leaves obscurely so), the lateral nerves 
usually starting 2-5 mm. above the base, glabrous above, glabrate 
and densely dotted with glands beneath, glands mostly black : 
corymbs numerous, trichotomous; peduncles with a few scattered 
glands ; heads shortly pedicellate, often in pairs ; pedicels 2-6 mm. 
in length, ten- to thirteen-fiowered: flowers blue; receptacle cy- 
lindrical, flat on top: involucre cylindrical, 8-10 mm. long, about 
2 mm. broad; scales imbricate in about four rows, innermost 
