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Evolvulus arlusculus Poir., with pretty little white, saucer-shaped flower; 

 Cenchrus triluloides L., Ipomoea pes-caprw L., and Euphorbia biixifolia L. 

 Suriana maritima L. also occurred, but Goccolobis uvifera (L.) Jacq., Tourne- 

 fortia gnaphalodes (Jacq.) E. Br. and Scmvola plumieri Vahl. were absent. 

 On the rocky sides of the passage above mentioned grew Bhacicallis maritima 

 (Jacq.) Schum., Erithalis fruticosa L., Torrubia longifdia (Heimerl) Brit- 

 ton, Gonocarpus erecta L., Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus L., Genipa clusicBfolia 

 (Jacq.) Griseb., and an occasional clump of Uniola racemiflora Tria. 



Eunning north and south near the center of the island is an elevated 

 ridge where the coppice is quite high for Eleuthera. The largest trees of this 

 growth were Goccolobis laurifolia Jacq., Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg., and 

 Sideroxylon masticJiodendrov, Jacq., the latter reaching 20 feet in height with 

 a base diameter of 3 feet. Metopium metopvum (L.) Small (Poison-wood) 

 was not seen at any point at this landing, and it is evidently rare ia the 

 northern part of Eleuthera. 



Near the base of the ridge on the western side were growing a number of 

 specimens of the tall, columnar Pilocereus lanuginosa Eumpl., which we here 

 saw for the first time. 



Opposite the town the central ridge drops considerably into a slightly 

 elevated, rocky plane, where the covering is of the low coppice type. Here 

 occur Goccolobis laurifolia Jacq. (Pigeon plum), Bumelia loranthifolia 

 (Pierre) Britton (Milk plum), Fagara fagara (L.) Small (Wild lime). Bur- 

 sera simaruba (L.) Sarg. (Gum-elemi), Torrubia longifolia (Heimerl) Brit- 

 ton (Blolly), Bumelia micropTiylla Griseb. (Ink-berry), Picrodendron baccatum 

 bahamerbse Kr. and TJrb., Ichthyomethia pisdpula (L.) Hitch. (Dogwood), 

 Pithecolobium keyense Britton (Eam's horn). Acacia choriophylla Benth. (Cin- 

 necord), and Hcematoxylon campechianum L. (Logwood) . The principal vines 

 were Serjania subdentata (Juss.) Poir., Gouania domingensis L., and Partheno- 

 cissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. In sandy places Lantana crocea Jacq. and 

 Lantana involucrata L. were abundant. The eastern shore is sandy and has the 

 usual growth of such situations as Iva imbricata Walt., Goccolobis uvifera (L.) 

 Jacq., Genchru^ tribuloides L., Euphorbia buxifolia L., etc. 



SPANISH WELLS, GEORGE ISLAND. 

 The town of Spanish Wells is situated on a sandy plain which covers a 

 considerable part of the south side of the island. The growth on this sand flat 

 differs from that on any situation we have mentioned. It may be called the 



