172 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



a short petiole at base (1-2 mm.), margin entire, slightly revolute; 

 spines axillary, slender, 3-7 mm. in length, mostly in threes at the 

 end of the branchlets; flowers small, greenish, growing in axillary 

 spikes, the 5-7 flowers approximate, so as to resemble a head; pe- 

 duncle 6-10 mm., bracts small, ovate; calyx valvate, tube 1-2.5 ™™- 

 long, prolonged beyond the ovary, constricted above it, limb campan- 

 ulate, subtrtincate, 1-2 mm. long, with 5 small teeth, villous within, 

 deciduous, disk of 4 brownish, villous, two-lobed glands at mouth of 

 calyx tube; stamens 8 (9), exserted, about 3 mm. in length, alternate 

 ones inserted lower down on the calyx, filaments slender; anthers 

 cordate; ovary i-celled; ovules 3, flask-shaped or oblong, suspended 

 from the top of the cell ; style simple, equaling or slightly exceeding 

 the stamens, subulate, a little thickened at base, villous; stigma 

 simple, young fruit ovoid. Foliage closely resembling that of T. 

 angustifolia but inflorescence very different. 



A few monstrous flowers were found like those described by 

 Grisebach as occurring in Bucida Buceras L. Collected on the sa- 

 vannas at Red Bays in April and near the source of Fresh Creek 

 in June, no. (502). 



Plate 13. Terminalia spinosa. Portion of plant, natural size; n, cluster of 

 flowers; a, flowers showing disk; p, stamen. 



Buceras Catappa (L.) A. S. Hitch. "Almond tree." Nassau, 

 Jan. Cultivated, 



Melastomace^ 



Tetrazygia bicolor (Mill.) Cogn. (T. elaagnoides DC.) Com- 

 mon in the pines on both islands. Nassau, Jan.; Conch Sound, 

 May (127). Same as Wright 1222. 



Onagrace^ 



Jussi^A suFFRUTicosA L. Near Southwest Beach, N.P., Feb. 

 (320). ■ Same as Wright 159. 



■ \ Samydace^ 



Casearia l^tioides (Rich.) Cocoanut Point, Andros, April 

 (514). Same as Wright 1108. 



Casearia Bahamensis Urban. Nicol's Town, March, April 

 (384). Distributed as Thioidia serrata Endl. 



Banara reticulata Gris. Conch Sound, May (558). Same 

 as Wright 1882. Determined at Kew by Dr. N. L. Britton. 



