184 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



on Andros. Nicol's Town, April; Fresh Creek, June (396). The 

 same as a specimen of Cooper's from New Providence. 

 DiCLiPTERA ASSURGENS Juss. Nassau, Jan. (72). 



RUBIACE.E 



ExosTEMMA CARIB.EUM (Jacq.) R. & S. " Princcwood." Kemp 

 Sound, Andros, June (685). Same as Wright 2674 and Curtiss 1132. 



Rhacicallis Americana (Jacq.) A. S. Hitch. {R. rupestris 

 DC.) ''Sand-fly bush," "sah -water bush," ''seaweed," "wild 

 thyme." Common along the rocky shores of both islands. Red 

 Bays, April; Fresh Creek, June (458). Same as Wright 2696. 



Hamelia patens Jacq. Nassau, Jan. (40). Same as Curtiss 

 5500 from Florida. 



CATESB.EA SPINOSA L. " Prickly apple." Fresh Creek, June 

 (624). 



Catesbasa fasciculata sp. nov. 



A low, spiny shrub with long, slender branches; leaves fascicled, 

 obovate or oblanceolate, 5.7 mm. in length, 3-4 mm. in width, ob- 

 tuse, tapering into a short petiole at base, thick, shining above, 

 margin entire or slightly revolute, surface of the stem, spines and 

 upper surface of leaves minutely papillose; spines axillary, slender, 

 in pairs, about as long as the leaves; flowers scattered, small, soli- 

 tary, sessile in the axils; calyx-tube short, ovoid, lobes 4, subulate, 

 persistent; corolla valvate, campanulate, white, 5-7 mm. in length, 

 lobes 4, short, 1-2 mm. long, obtuse, spreading; stamens 4, inserted 

 at the base of the corolla tube, filaments glabrous, slightly exceeding 

 the tube, anthers linear, ovary 2-celled, 2-flattened, pendulous 

 ovules in each cell; style smooth, a little longer than the stamens; 

 fruit (immature) a berry. 



Collected at Fresh Creek, Andros, June 6. The same as Eggers 

 4508 from Hog Island (627). 



Plate 16. Cateshcza fasciculata. Portion of plant, about natural size; <?, flower 

 with corolla removed; w, interior of corolla showing stamens. 



SCOLOSANTHUS sp. 



A low, tortuous branching shrub, slightly resinous, with slender 

 scattered spines, 5-6 mm. in length; leaves and stem minutely 

 papillose; leaves fascicled or opposite, minute, 2-2.5 length, 

 short-petioled, ovate, obtuse wnth revolute margins, thick, shining; 

 stipules small, connate; flowers not seen; drupe ovoid or globose. 



