PLANTS COLLECTED IN BAHAMAS, ETC. 171 



From the above table the following condensed statements 

 can be gleaned: — 



Total in the Bahamas. 38 ° 



Of which are found also in Cuba 32 * 



a m u Mexico or Central America 197 



u u " South America *W 



u tt u Virgin Islands 207 



tt « " South Florida 12i * 



u a « Southern United States 68 



Found in Cuba and also Mexico or Central America 718 



tt « " South America 10S 



tt a tt Virgin Islands • 18 ^ 



it u " South Florida Hi 



The 59 found in the Bahamas and not in Cuba are dis- 

 tributed as follows: — 



Peculiar to Bahamas 13 



a 



Found also in Mexico 



" " South America 



« " Virgin Islands 7 



« « South Florida * 



« « Southern United States 3 



« " Mex., S. A v Virgin Is. and S. Fla & 



The remainder are distributed in various ways. 



The 68 found in the Bahamas and the United States north 

 of semi-tropical Florida are distributed as follows: — 



U. S. and Bahamas 3 



« tt tt Cuba and Virgin Islands 9 



u a « « Virgin Is. and Mex. or Cent. Am 22 



u « « " « Mex. or Cent. Am. and S. A 17 



tt u « tt Mex. or Cent. Am. and S. A » 4 



The remainder variously distributed. 



Of the 68 common to the Bahamas and Southern U. S. 

 58 are found also in Cuba. The three confined to the 

 Bahamas and U. S. are Xanthium strumarium, introduced 

 from the old world, Vitis rotundifolia and Distichlis spicata. 

 The Vitis may have been carried by birds. The Distichlis 



