384 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
1. Arthraxon quartinianus (A. Rich.) Nash, N. Amer. Fl. 17: 99. 
1912. 
Alectoridia quartiniana A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 448. 1852. 
Abyssinia. 
Arthrazon ciliaris subsp. quartinianus Hack., in DC. Monogr. 
Phan. 6: 356. 1889. 
FIGURE 348.—Arthraron quartinianus, X 14 (Duss 2712). 
Weak-stemmed, laxly branching creeping annual, with ascending 
flowering branches, bearing flat thin ovate blades cordate at base, 
and flabellate fascicles of slender racemes (fig. 348). 
Shady banks, Jamaica and Guadeloupe, introduced from the 
Tropics of the Old World. 
Jamaica: Hardware Gap, Ridley 105; Harris 10910. Wallingford, 
Perkins 1484; Harris 11550. St. Helens Gap, Mazon and Killip 589. 
Whitefield, Harris 11563. Halls Delight, Harris 11536. Cold 
Spring Gap, Harris 11708. Cinchona, Harris 11309, 11416. 
LEEWARD IsLANnps: Guadeloupe, Duss 2712, 3136. 
