154 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



Persea Persea (L.) Cockerell. "Avocado pear." Common in 

 cultivation. Nicol's Town, March (371). 



Papaverace^ 



Argemone Mexicana L. Common about Nassau, Jan. (51). 

 Crucifer^ 



Brassica ARVENSis (L.) B. S. P. {B. Sinapistrum Boiss). Nassau, 

 Jan. (225). Leaves almost entire. 



Lepidium ViRGiNicuM L. Nassau, Jan. (140). 



Cakile ^qualis L'Her. Common on sandy beaches. Salt 

 Cay, Feb. (88, 278). Same as Wright 1863. 



CAPPARIDACE.E 



Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank. "Wild mustard." 

 Fresh Creek, June (630). 



Crassulace^ 



Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) S. Kurz. (B. calycinum 

 Salisb.) "Live-for-ever." Nassau, Jan.; also on Andros (199). 



RoSACEiE 



Chrysobalanus IcAco L. "Pigeon plum." Common on sandy 

 shores. Nassau, Jan. ; Fresh Creek, June. Many specimens at latter 

 locality had white drupes (115). 



MlMOSACE^ 



Acacia choriophylla Benth. "Cinnecord." Common in the 

 pines on both islands. New Providence, Feb. ; Nicol's Town, March 

 (312, 364). 



Acacia Farnesiana (L.) Willd. Nassau, Jan. (44). 

 Acuan depressa (Kunth.) Kuntze. (Desmanthus.) Red Bays, 

 April (495). 



Acuan viRG ATA (Willd.) Kuntze. {pesmanthiis.) Mastic Point, 

 May (731). 



Mimosa pudica L. "Sensitive plant." Collected by Mr. Keith, 

 1891. Uncommon on Andros, but said to be abundant on Eleuthera. 

 Mastic Point (735). 



