184 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



on Andros. Nicol's Town, April; Fresh Creek, June (396). The 

 same as a specimen of Cooper's from New Providence. 

 DiCLiPTEEA ASSUSGENS Juss. Nassau, Jan. (72). 



RUBIACE^ 



ExoSTEMMA Carib^um (Jacq.) R. & S. "Princewood." Kemp 

 Sound, Andros, June (685). Same as Wright 2674 and Curtiss 1132. 



Rhacicallis Americana (Jacq.) A. S. Hitch. {R. rupestris 

 DC.) "Sand-fly bush," "salt-water bush," "seaweed," "wild 

 thyme." Common along the rocky shores of both islands. Red 

 Bays, April; Fresh Creek, June (458). Same as Wright 2696. 



Hamelia patens Jacq. Nassau, Jan. (40). Same as Curtiss 

 5500 from Florida. 



Catesbjea spinosa L. "Prickly apple." Fresh Creek, June 

 (624). 



Catesbaea fasciculata sp. nov. 



A low, spiny shrub with long, slender branches; leaves fascicled, 

 obovate or oblanceolate, 5.7 mm. in length, 3-4 mm. in width, ob- 

 tuse, tapering into a short petiole at base, thick, shining above, 

 margin entire or slightly revolute, surface of the stem, spines and 

 upper surface of leaves minutely papillose ; spines axillary, slender, 

 in pairs, about as long as the leaves; flowers scattered, small, soli- 

 tary, 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, spreading; stamens 4, inserted 

 at the base of the corolla tube, filaments 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. The same as Eggers 

 4508 from Hog Island (627). 



Plate 16. Catesbosa fasciculata. Portion of plant, about natural size; 0, flower 

 with corolla removed; n, 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 

 papillose; leaves fascicled or opposite, minute, 2-2.5 ™™- ^ length, 

 short-petioled, ovate, obtuse with revolute margins, thick, shining; 

 stipules small, connate; flowers not seen; drupe ovoid or globose. 



