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Bahama Islands: Whitelands and rocky soil, Cat Island, 

 Little San Salvador, Watling's Island, Fortune Island, Crooked 

 Island, Exuma Chain, Little Ambergris Cay; Inagua {Nash and 

 Taylor loig, type) — Cuban Cays. 



Rynchospora bahamensis sp. nov. 



Densely tufted, rootstocks short. Culms nearly filiform, 

 roughish, spreading or reclining, 2-3.5 dm. long; leaves setaceous- 

 flattened, less than i mm. wide, roughish-margined, the basal ones 

 about one-fourth as long as the culm, the upper 3-5 cm. long; 

 spikelets oblong, 1.5-2 mm. long, in 2 to 4 distant slender- 

 peduncled clusters, each with a single achene; scales dark brown, 

 ovate-oblong, mucronulate; achene elliptic-obovate, faintly trans- 

 versally wrinkled, 1.5 mm. long; tubercle flattened, conic, one- 

 third to one-half as long as the achene; bristles upwardly barbed, 

 as long as the achene. 



Bahama Islands: Coppice, Soldier's Road, New Providence 

 {Britton and Brace 588, type) ; vicinity of Blue Hills, New Provi- 

 dence {Wilson 8241) ; mud holes of mangrove swamp, Deep 

 Creek, Andros {Brace 5195). 



A SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF PLANTS OF COPAKE 



FALLS, N. Y. 



By Stewart H. Burnham 



In the June, 1913, number of Torreya appears" Mr. Sereno 

 Stetson's finely illustrated, long and interesting list of Copake 

 Falls plants. Mr. Stetson remarks that his list "is by no means 

 complete and is only intended to convey an idea of the flora." 

 Two delightful afternoons were spent collecting and wandering 

 about this picturesque gorge, known to many as Bash Bish Falls, 

 August I, 1908, and July 3, 1909: and as my field notes contain 

 so many interesting species not listed by Mr. Stetson, it seemed 

 best to arrange an additional list. Other northern and interesting 

 plants should be found; for the list is still incomplete. Many 

 interesting fungi, lichens and mosses were also collected on these 

 afternoons. The station mentioned in this list as "Sunset 



