Linum bahamense Northr.

Cathartolinum bracei Small, sp. nov Annual, light green or somewhat glaucescent, glabrous, the stem simple below or sparingly branched at the base, corymbosely branched above, 1.5-3.5 dm. tall, somewhat striate in age, the branches ascending, dichotomous, very slender ; leaves few, distant, ascending, alternate above the lower part of the stem, the blades thinnish, spatulate to oblong-linear, 6-14 mm. long, acute or acutish, entire, glabrous, ciliate, slightly paler beneath than above ; bracts lanceolate, glandular-toothed ; outer sepals oval or oblong-ovate, becoming 3.5-4 mm. long, evenly glandular-toothed, acute; inner sepals ovate, slightly shorter than the outer, acute, evenly toothed like the outer; petals yellow; filaments pubescent below the middle or near the base ; staminodia deltoid, ciliate ; ovary glabrous ; stvles distinct ; capsules depressed, about 2 mm. long and about equaling the sepals.
Type collected at West End, Great Bahama, April 16 to May 8, 1905, L.J. K. Brace 3513. Distribution : Northern Bahamas.

Cathartolinum bahamense (Northrop) Small
Linum bahamense Northrop, Mem. Torrey Club 12 : 42. 1902.
Perennial, glaucous, the stems simple or branched at the base and somewhat corymbosely branched above, the branches ascending, like the stem glabrous and prominently ridged at least in age ; leaves mostly approximate, erect or ascending, the blades thick, linear to linear-lanceolate, 5-12 mm. long, acute or abruptly pointed, glabrous, eciliate, pale on both sides ; bracts lanceolate to subulate, glandular-toothed ; outer sepals ovate to oblong-ovate, 3-3.5 mm. long at maturity, acute or slightly acuminate, evenly glandulartoothed ; inner sepals slightly shorter than the outer, acuminate and more finely toothed ; petals yellow ; filaments pubescent below the middle ; staminodia lanceolate, ciliate ; ovary glabrous; styles distinct, glabrous; capsules ovoid, about 2 mm. long, about equaling the sepals.
Type locality : Lake Waterloo, near Nassau, Bahama Islands. Distribution : Bahama Islands.