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Leuc^na glauca (L.) Benth. " Jumby-bean." Nassau, Jan., 

 Feb.; Bearing Point, Andros, June (43, 282, 657). Nos. 282 and 657 

 were shrubs, 1.5-2 m. in height. 



Lysiloma paucifoliola (DC.) A. S. Hitch. {Sahicu Benth.) 

 ''Horseflesh," "sabicu." Common in the coppet; one of the most 

 valuable timber trees. Nicol's Town, April; Deep Creek, June (434). 



Lysiloma Bahamensis Benth. "Wild tamarind." New Provi- 

 dence, Feb. (309). Same as Wright 3542. 



Calliandra FORMOSA Benth. Hog Island, Nassau, Feb. (255). 

 In fruit only. Determined by Dr. B. L. Robinson at Gray herbarium. 



PiTHECOLOBiUM Hystrix Benth. (P. calliandrcBfolium Wright.) 

 In the pines, not common. Conch Sound, May; Deep Creek, June 

 (575). It is the same as Wright 2401. 



PiTHECOLOBiUM Unguis-cati (L.) Benth. "Ram's horn." 

 Common near the shore on both islands. Nassau, Jan. ; Cocoanut 

 Point; Andros, April (66, 235, 449). 66, collected at Nassau, has the 

 leaves two-jugal and agrees with Eggers (3830). 



Pithecolobium Bahamense sp. nov. "Ram's horn" 



A shrub, 1.5-2 m. in height, with slender, drooping branches, 

 armed with delicate, stipular spines, 3-7 mm. in length ; leaves bipin- 

 nate, pinnae one-jugal, leaflets one-jugal ; petiole 1-4 mm. in length, 

 petiolules 1-3 mm., channeled and with a single stipitate gland at the 

 base, leaflets oblong to oblanceolate or obovate, 1.25-2 cm. long, a little 

 over half as broad, obtuse or mucronate at the apex, oblique and slightly 

 unequal at the base, chartaceous, glabrous, shining above, entire, sub- 

 sessile with a stipitate gland at base ; inflorescence capitate, many- 

 flowered; peduncles 2-3 cm. in length, much exceeding the leaves; 

 calyx tubular, less than one-half the length of the corolla with five ovate 

 acute lobes; corolla crimson, tubular, 3-5 mm. in length, five-lobed, 

 lobes acute, about one-half as long as the tube; stamens numerous, 

 crimson, exserted, more than twice the length of the corolla; anthers 

 small, rounded ; ovary stipitate : style much exserted, about 2 cm. in 

 length, four times as long as the corolla ; stigma small ; immature fruit 

 compressed, slightly curved, puberulent ; mature fruit 9 cm. in length, 

 I cm. in width, dark brown, curved ; seeds ariled. 



Collected in fruit near Nassau in January, and in flower in the 

 coppet at Mastic Point, Andros, in June (605). The plant belongs to 

 the section Unguis-cati and is related to P. circinale Benth. 



Plate 5. Pithecolobium Bahamense. Portions of plant in flower and in immature 

 fruit. X f. 



