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BUESEEAOB^. 



Smetenia mahogani L. (Mahogany, Madeira). Low coppice, Soldiers road. New 

 Providence (153, 259); Powells Point, Eleuthera; Rum Cay; Abaco. 



Bursera simaruha (L.) Sarg. (Gum-elemi). Common on New Providence, Eleu- 

 thera; Watlings Island; Long Island; Abaco. 



Meliace^. 

 Melia aeedarach L. (China-tree). Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (413). 



EUPHORBIAOB^. 



Oroton eleuteria (L.) Sw. (Cascarilla, Sweet-wood bark). Low coppice, Nassau 



(3a). 

 Oroton linearis Jacq. (Granny-bush). Near shore. New Providence; Governors 



Harbor, Eleuthera (23, 387); Tarpum Bay and Powells Point, Eleuthera; Long 



Island. 

 Croton lucidus L. Opposite Spanish Wells, George Island; Watlings Island (326, 



471). 

 *Croton discolor Willd. Port Nelson, Rum Cay (453). 

 Oroton loiatus L. Pine-barrens, New Providence (553). 



Phyllanthus epipJiyllanthus L. (Hardhead). Mt. Vernon, Nassau; Clarence Har- 

 bor, Long Island (31, 524) ; common on Eleuthera, Cat Island; Watlings 



Island. 

 Phyllanthus niruri L. Mangrove Cay, Andros (227). 

 * Phyllanthus virens Muell. Arg. Opposite Spanish Wells, George Island (328); a 



clambering scrub. 

 EuphorHa punicea Sw. Small Cay in lake, Watlings Island (487). 

 *Euphorl)ia havanensis Willd. Banana field. Soldiers road, Nassau (45). 

 Euphorbia buxifolia L. On beach. New Providence (114) ; on sandy beaches of all 



the islands. 

 Euphorbia piluUfera L. Eleuthera, opposite Spanish Wells (319); among cocoanut 



palms near shore. 

 *Euphorbia brasiliensis L. Gregory Town, Eleuthera (371). 

 *Euphorbia cayensis Millsp. On beach. Rum Cay (452) ; Abaco. A new species, 



first collected by us; afterward collected and named by Dr. Millspaugh. 

 Buxus bahamensis Baker. Killarney pine-barrens. New Providence; Watlings Is- 

 land (68, 474). 

 *8avia bahamensis Britton (Joe-wood, Bastard Crab-wood). Low coppice. Bast 



road, Nassau (157, 160). A new species described by Dr. Britton in Torreya, 



July, 1904. 

 Qymnanthes lucida Sw. (Crab-wood). Spanish Wells, George Island; Watlings 



Island (314, 467); Gregory Town, Eleuthera; Long Island; Abaco. 

 Bernardia bernardia (L.) Britton (Bernardia carpinifoUa Griseb.). Tarpum Bay, 



Eleuthera (405). 

 Argythamnia candicans Sw. Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (409). 



Hippomane mancinella L. (Manchineel). Low coppice, Watlings Island (468, 485). 

 ExoBcaria sagrwi Muell.' Low coppice Watlings Island (478). 

 *Bonam,ia cubana A. Rich. Low, dry coppice, Arthurs Town, Cat Island (428). 

 Drypetes lateriflora (Sw.) Kr. & Urb. Blue Hills, New Providence (535). 

 *Pera humeliwfolia Griseb. (Brown Ebony). High coppice at junction of Soldiers 



road and Blue Hills road. New Providence (537). A large tree. 



