THE BAHAMA ISLANDS 251 



Cyperus irunneus Sw. Sandy soil near shore, Nassau; on beach, Powells Point, 

 Eleuthera (189, 420); Governors Harbor, Eleuthera; Cat Island. 



Eleocharis cellulosa Torr. In a shallow salt marsh, Powells Point, Eleuthera (419) ; 

 Cat Island; Watlings Island. 



Decromena colorata 'H.itch.. Pine-barrens, New Providence (52); Cat Island. 



Scirpus ferrugineus L. Wet pine-barrens. Lake Killarney, New Providence; salt 

 flats. Rum Cay (83, 449). 



*Schcenus nigricans L. Rocks on border of a salt pond, Nassau ( 8 ) . 



Cladium effuswm, Torr. (C Jamaicense L.) (Saw grass). Wet-barrens, Lake Killar- 

 ney, New Providence (86); Cat Island; Watlings Island. 



Palm^."" 



Inodes palmetto (Walt.) Cook (Sabal palmetto (Walt.) R. & S.) (Thatch palm). 



West road. New Providence; near shore, Watlings Island; Arthurs Town; 



Cat Island (437, 459, 530, 576); also at Current Settlement, Gregory Town and 



Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera. Affects borders of fresh or slightly brackish marshes. 

 Thrinax bahamensis Cook (Goat palm. Silver palm). Green Cay; border of the 



Eastern lake, Watlings Island; Nassau (250, 251, 481, 529^ 539). Inhabits 



rocky ground in the interior. 

 Ooocothrinax jucunda Sarg. (Silver-leaf palm. Silver-thatch palm). Green Cay; 



Spanish Wells, George Island; Watlings Island (248, 249, 306, 307, 490, 528); 



New Providence; Long Island. Inhabits dunes and sand plains near shore. 

 Oyclospathe northropi Cook (Hog-cabbage palm). In low coppice near shore. 



Powells Point, Eleuthera (414); Watlings Island; Long Island. Inhabits 



humus soil among rocks. 



Beomeliaob^. 



Tillanisia utriculata L. Arthurs Town, Cat Island (435). 

 *Tillandsia aloifoUa Hook. Which Point, Abaco (575). 



COMMELINAOEiE. 



Rhoea discolor (li'lier.) . Hance. Mt. Vernon, Nassau. 



Smilacace^. 



*8milax heyricMi Kunth. Pine-barrens, New Providence (51, 298). 



Smilax havanensis Jacq. West road, Nassau, (108). 



Smilax oMongata viscifolia (Duham) Schulz.. Mt. Vernon, New Providence (33). 



Amaeyllidaceje. 



Agave rigida Mill. (Bamboo). Seen at Gregory Town, Governors Harbor and Tar- 

 pum Bay, Eleuthera. 



HymenocalUs arenicola Northrop. West road, Nassau; Gregory Town, Current 

 Settlement, Governors Harbor, and Powells Point, Eleuthera; Water Cay, Long 

 Island; Abaco. 



Dioscorace^. 

 Rajania hastata li. Pine-barrens, New Providence (54). Which Point, Abaco. 



="= Determined by Dr. O. F. Cook. 



