176 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



or obtuse and mucronate, occasionally acute, base obtuse, margin 

 entire, slightly thickened, midrib prominulous on the under side, 

 petioles 2-3 mm., umbels five- to eight-flowered, peduncle 1-1.5 

 mm., pedicels about i mm.; calyx lobes smooth, ovate, obtuse, 

 about one-fourth the length of the corolla; corolla greenish white, 

 urceolate-campanulate ; petals lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, united 

 about one-third of the way, the upper third densely villous within 

 and with a few scattered hairs in the center of the petal below, 

 crown segments attached to the base of gynostegium and of 

 the corolla, equaling the column in length, somewhat incurved, 

 ligulate, bifid at the apex, teeth often unequal, rarely obtuse ; gynos 

 tegium about half as long as the corolla; stigma depressed; follicle 

 slender, acuminate, 3 cm. in length (474). 



Plate 14. Metastelma barbata. Portion of plant; e, crown; a, calyx and pistil; 

 c, petals; A, part of gynostegium; ^, pollinia. 



A low, twining plant, common on the savannas near Red Bays 

 on the west side of Andros, April 15. The same as a specimen at 

 Kew collected by Governor Robinson in the pine barrens of New 

 Providence, April, 1877. 



The species is closely related to Metastelma Blodgettii Gray, but 

 differs in having no lines of pubescence on the stem, umbels 5-8- 

 flowered, peduncles and pedicels shorter and the flowers smaller 

 with the calyx shorter in proportion to the corolla, scales of the 

 crown slightly incurved, broader and toothed at the apex. 



Metastelma palustre Schltr. (Seutera maritima Decsn.) 

 Hog Island, N.P., Feb.; Red Bays, April (333, 475). 



CONVOLVULACE^ 



Ipomcea Batatas Lam. ''Sweet potato." Cultivated and 

 escaped on both islands. Nassau, Jan. (77, 223). 



Ipomcea cathartica Poir. Nassau, Jan. (220). Determined 

 by Dr. Britton at Kew. 



Ipomcea coccinea L. Nassau, Jan. (120). 



Ipomcea commutata R. & S. Nassau, Jan. (231). 



Ipomcea fastigiata Sweet. Nicol's Town, April (518). Com- 

 pared at Kew by Dr. Britton. Same as Eggers 4370, 4541 from 

 Bahama. 



Ipomcea heptaphylla Griseb. In the pines. Conch Sound, 

 May (569). Same as Wright 1371. 



