160 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



long, glabrous, thickish, entire, dull green above, pale below, are- 

 olate, the reddish connecting veins circumscribing a central area 

 4-6 mm. wide; midrib reddish, prominent, veins delicate, promin- 

 ulous above; stipules persistent, triangular, acuminate, shorter 

 than • the petioles, reddish brown ; flowers axillary, appearing with 

 the leaves, solitary or sometimes in pairs; pedicels 5-8 mm. long, 

 slender below, gradually thickening and wing-angled above; calyx 

 spreading, sepals 5, lanceolate, about one-third the length of the 

 petals; petals white, 3-3.5 mm. in length, deciduous, elliptical-ob- 

 long, slightly keeled on the back, internal scale 2-lobed and con- 

 torted at the apex; stamens 10, 4-5 mm. long, exserted, filaments 

 united over one-third of the way, tube extending a little beyond 

 the sepals; ovary oblong, 3-celled; styles 3, distinct; stigmas flat- 

 tened, reddish; young drupe oblong, pointed, purplish black, 5 

 mm. in length. 



Collected at Deep Creek, Andros, June 27; growing in sand 

 (682). Most nearly related to E. areolatum L. 



Plate 8. Erythroxylon reticidatum. Portion of plant, xf; a, flowering branch; 

 d, flower without corolla ; n, petal. 



Malpighiace^ 



Byrsonima lucida Rich. Common on Andros on the edge of 

 the coppet. Our specimens resemble those from Florida more 

 closely than they do the West Indian specimens; the latter all have 

 broader, and obovate, instead of oblanceolate or spatulate leaves. 

 Nicol's Town, March (367). Same as Curtiss 501. Largest speci- 

 men seen one foot in diameter and about twenty feet in height. 



Malpighia setosa Spr. "Touch-me-not." Fresh Creek, 

 June (737). Determined by Dr. Britton at Kew to be "the same 

 as a specimen marked M. setosa by Jussieu; collected also by Brace 

 No. 114." 



A number of specimens were collected at various times which 

 seem to vary greatly; possibly more than one species is repre- 

 sented. No. 737 was collected in the pines at Fresh Creek. It 

 was a tall shrub with whitish bark, oblong leaves, 2-3.5 cm. 

 long, 12-20 mm. wide, entire or nearly so, hairs few on mar- 

 gin and under surface; inflorescence, two-flowered umbels; pedi- 

 cels 8-13 mm.; flowers rosy, 12-15 wide; drupe globose, 

 furrowed. 



