FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 167 



of Andros. Conch Sound, March, May (398). Same as Wright 

 3514- 



Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. (Ampelopsis 

 quinquefolia (L.) Michx.) Carmichael, New Providence, Feb. 

 (322). Single specimen. 



TlLIACE^ 



Triumfetta semitriloba L. Common about Nassau. Jan. 

 (4, 47)- 



CoRCHORUS HiRSUTUS L. Common on both islands. Nassau, 

 Jan.; Nicol's Town, March (202). Same as Wright 2091. 



CoRCHORUS siLiQUOSUs L. Common about Nassau; very 

 variable in the size of the leaves. Nassau, Jan. (139, 222). 



Malvace^ 



SiDA CARPiNiFOLiA L. Common. Nassau, Jan. (35). A very 

 strict form with crenate leaves found at Nicol's Town, April (433). 



SiDA supiNA L'Her. Nassau, Feb. (306). 



Abutilon crispum (L.) Medic. Nicol's Town, March (370). 



Pavonia spicata Cav. (P. racemosa Sw.) Collected by Mr. 

 Alexander Keith at Conch Sound, 1891 (736). 



Hibiscus cryptocarpus Rich. "Wild cotton." Nicol's Town, 

 March; Deep Cr^ek, June (397). Same as Wright 1575. 



Hibiscus esculentus L. ''Gumbo," "okra." Conch Sound, 

 May. Cultivated and escaped (549). 



Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Not uncommon along the east coast 

 of Andros. Conch Sound, May (564). Same as Eggers 2632. 



Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. {Eriodendron anfractuosum 

 DC.) "Silk-cotton tree," "Ceiba." Nassau, cultivated and es- 

 caped? Nassau, Jan. (152). 



Sterculiace^ 



Helicteres semitriloba Bertero. Fresh Creek, June (664). 



Helicteres spiralis sp. no v. 



A tall shrub; young branches and leaves tawny tomentose; 

 leaves lance-ovate, acute, unequal and cordate at base, 6-9.5 cm. 

 long, 2.5-4 cm. wide, 3-5-ribbed, margin crenulate-denticulate, 

 sometimes with a few large teeth, upper surface pubescent, under 



