FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 159 



LiNACEiE 



Linum Bahamense sp. no v. 



Suffruticose, 3-6 dm. in height, corymbosely branched, branches 

 erect- ascending; stems sulcate; leaves numerous, alternate, sessile, 

 appressed-ascending, whitish, linear-lanceolate, 8-1 1 mm. long, a 

 little more than i mm. wide, one-nerved, the midrib prominent on 

 the under side and projecting at the apex so as to form a mucro, 

 margin entire or the younger leaves glandular-ciliate, glabrous or 

 with a few scattered hairs at the base or along the midrib on the 

 upper side; two dark stipular glands at the base of the leaves; 

 flowers corymbose, numerous; pedicels short, 2 mm. in length, 

 bracts ciliate-glandular ; sepals 5, lanceolate, acuminate, 2-3 mm. 

 long, ciliate-glandular, keeled, persistent; petals bright yellow, more 

 than twice the length of the sepals, obovate; stamens 5, united at 

 the base included; anthers oblong; styles 5, distinct, filiform; ovary 

 globose, imperfectly lo-celled, ovules 10, capsule globose, 2-3.5 

 in diameter, about as long as the calyx, splitting into 10 valves; seeds 

 oblong, compressed, reddish-brown (204, 496). 



Common in the pines on both islands. Collected at Lake 

 Waterloo near Nassau, Jan. 25; near Southwest Beach, N.P., Feb. 

 26; at Red Bays on the west side of Andros, April 17; also col- 

 lected in N.P. by Eggers, No. 4181. 



This is related to L. sulcatum Riddell, but the styles are dis- 

 tinct, the leaves are one-nerved and the septa of the capsule are 

 not glandular. 



Plate 7. Linum Bahamense. Entire .plant, xf; /, flowers and buds; r, sepal; 

 a, petal ; s, stamen ; u, anther ; fruit. 



Erythroxylon brevipes DC. ''Rat-wood." Deep Creek, 

 June (692). Same as Wright 2134 and Eggers 2435 unnamed 

 specifically. 



Erythroxylon obovatum Macf. Mastic Point, May (597). 

 Same as Eggers 4345 from Bahama; leaves thicker and veining 

 more conspicuous than in Wright 2140 from Cuba. 



Erythroxylon reticulatum sp. nov. 



Tall shrub with slender branches; reddish brown verrucose 

 bark, branchlets strongly compressed; leaves oblanceolate or 

 oblong, 2.5-3 cm. long, half as wide, broadly obtuse and mucron- 

 ulate at the apex, narrowed below to a short petiole, 2-3 mm. 



