260 VEGETATION 



Passiflokace^. 



*Passiflora ruira L. Grants Town, Nassau (274). 



Passiflora pectinata Griseb. Klllarney pine-barrens, New Providence (70). 

 Passiflora minima L. In a cleared coppice. Mangrove Cay, Andros (228). 

 Passiflora fwtida L. Grants Town, Nassau; Green Cay (282, 242). On Green Cay 



a stout specimen about two feet high was found growing quite upright on the 



sandy shore. 



CACTACEiB. 



Opuntia'tuna Mill. Governors Harbor, Eleuthera; Port Nelson, Rum Cay (392, 457) ; 



Spanish Wells, Georges Island; Watllngs Island. 

 *Opuntia triacantha DC. (Dildo). Port Nelson, Pium Cay (438). 

 Pilocereus lanuginosa Rumpl. Current Settlement, Eleuthera (354); Watllngs 



Island; Long Island. 



Khizophoraoe^. 



RTiizophora mangle L. (Mangrove). Common along protected salt water in all the 

 islands. 



Mtetacejs. 



*Eugenia confusa DC. (Stopper). East road, Nassau (144); Current Settlement, 

 Gregory Town, Tarpum Bay and Powells Point, Eleuthera; Mangrove Cay; Cat 

 Island; Long Island; Rum Cay. 



Eugenia longipes Berg. Klllarney pine-barrens. New Providence; low coppice, near 

 shore Powells Point, Eleuthera (187, 418). Specimens at Powells Point had 

 branches descending three or four feet and then running closely pressed to 

 the sand. 



Eugenia axillaris (Sw.) Willd. Mangrove Cay, Andros; Eleuthera, opposite Span- 

 ish Wells (216, 322) ; Gregory Town, Eleuthera. 



*Eugenia punctata Vahl. Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera (406). 



Eugenia iuxifoUa (Sw.) Willd. Powells Point, Eleuthera; Watllngs Island (417, 

 462) ; Rum Cay; Long Island; Abaco. 



Ghytraoulia pallens (Griseb.) Britton (Spice-wood). Low coppice, Watlings Island 

 (466). 



COMBRETACE^. 



Laguncularia racemosa (L.) Gaertn. (White Mangrove). New Providence (78). 

 Conocarpus erecta L. (Button-wood). In saline soil on all the islands visited. 

 Conocarpus erecta sericea Pors. (Button-wood). A white-leaved form of the above, 

 and growing with it on all the islands visited. 



MELASTOMACEiE. 



Tetrazygia bicolor (Mill.) Cogn. (Wild Guava). East road, Nassau (139). New 

 Providence; Watlings Island; Long Island; Abaco. 



SAMTDACBiE. 



Banara reticulata Griseb. Pine-barrens, New Providence; Governors Harbor, Eleu- 

 thera (186, 544, 390). 



* Zuelania laotioides Rich. Klllarney barrens, New Providence ( 97 ) ; also on Blue 

 Hills road. 



