the bahama islands 253 



Chenopode^. 



*Ohenopodium, spatUulatum Sieb. Gregory Town, Eleuthera (373). 



Atriplex cristate H. B. K. Powells Point, Eleuthera (416). 



Salicornia amUgua Michx. Port Nelson, Rum Cay (448); Which Point, Abacc- 



Amarantaoe^. 



Lithophila vermicularis (L.) Uline. North beach west of Nassau; Little Mangrove 

 Cay, Andros; edge of West lake, Watlings Island (37, 201, 476). 



*AUernanthera maritima St. Hil. Little Mangrove Cay, Andros (196). 



Alternanthera repens (L.) Kuntze. A weed in door-yards, Spanish Wells, George 

 Island (313). 



Iresine paniculata (L.) Kuntze. In sand near shore, Mangrove Cay, Andros; Tar- 

 pum Bay, Eleuthera (214, 407). 



*Amaranthus tristis L. Soldiers road, Nassau (264). A weed. 



Batide^. 

 Batis maritima L. Shore of West lake, Watlings Island (482); Elbow Cay, Abaco. 



Phttolaccace^. 



Rivina fiumilis L. Near The Caves, New Providence; Mangrove Cay, Andros; 



Arthurs Town, Cat Island (76, 210, 424). 

 Rivina Iwvis L. In the coppice. Elbow Cay, Abaco (572). 

 *Petiveria alUacea Li. Grants Town, Nassau (293). 



Nyotaginace^. 



*Torrubia oitusata (Jacq.) Britton. Low coppice. New Providence (5, 252). 



TorruHa longifolia (Heimerl) Britton (BloUy-bush). Nassau; near shore, Spanish 

 Wells, George Island; Watlings Island (15, 41, 316, 472); seen at most points 

 visited. This is the plant identified by Northrpp as Pisonia ohtusata Sw. 



*Torrubia cokeri Britton. Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (401); low coppice. New Provi- 

 dence. A new species described by Dr. Britton in the Bulletin of the Torrey 

 Botanical Club for November, 1904. 



Boerhaavia paniculata Rich. Current Settlement, Eleuthera (344). 



Boerhaavia scandens L. Gregory Town, Eleuthera (374). 



AlZOACE^. 

 Sesuvium portulacastrum L. On sandy beaches of all the islands visited. 



POKTDLACB^. 



Portulaca oleracea L. Bast road, Nassau; Mangrove Cay, Andros (131, 219, 221). 



Portulaca pilosa L. Among dry rocks. Port Nelson, Rum Cay (440). 



Portulaca halimoides L. Mount Vernon, Nassau; Mangrove Cay, Andros (128, 220). 



Anonace^. 



Anona palustris L. (Custard apple. Pond apple). In brackish bays, New Providence, 

 Cat Island; Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera. 



