654 EXPLORATION AND COLLECTIONS. 



Cotton Point and across (5702-5791) ; the vicinity of The Bight and 

 across the island and back (5.792-5945) ; and Port Howe and vicinity 

 (5946-5986). Conception Island (5987-6043). Watling's Island, Coek- 

 burntown vicinity (60446144) ; from Cockburntown across Little and 

 Great Lakes to the Light on the east coast (6145-6169) ; Graham's Har- 

 bor south along the east coast to Columbus' Monument (6170-6188) ; Gra- 

 ham's Harbor around the north end of the island to Cockburntown (6189- 

 6224). Long Island, vicinity of Clarencetown and across the island to the 

 west shore, and on Thatch and Strachan's Cays (6225-6359) ; and the ex- 

 treme north end of the island at Cape St. Maria (6360-6370). New Provi- 

 dence in the vicinity of Nassau. 



1905, 1907. Mrs. N. L. Britton, often accompanied by her cousin, Mr. Brace, 

 visited, in April and May, 1905, all those stations on New Providence 

 previously collected by Britton & Brace, at which it had become desirable 

 to secure additional material of interesting plants or characters missing on 

 previous notable species. In addition to achieving marked success in this 

 undertaking, she secured many other plants of particular interest. Her sur- 

 vey resulted in 310 sheets (nos. 3141-3460), and is mentioned in the Journal 

 of the New York Botanical Garden 5: 129-136. In 1907 she accompanied 

 her husband and the co-author as far as Harbor Island and remained there, 

 as a base, while working that island and the extreme north end of Eleuthera 

 (6370-6527). Returning to New Providence she did further discriminating 

 field work on that island (6529-6656) while awaiting the return of the 

 authors ' second expedition. 



1907 and 1909. Percy Wilson, of the New York Botanical Garden, on a com- 

 mission from that institution and the Field Museum, accompanied by Dr. 

 Howe, made an exploration of the southeastern islands from November 22 

 to December 29, 1907. His field was as follows: Cat Island, at The Bight 

 (7163-7197) and the southwest end of the island (7198-7202). Watling's 

 Island, at Cockburntown (7203-7225); Graham's Harbor (7226-7258); 

 and the extreme southeast and southwest ends (7259-7336 and 7337-7359). 

 Atwood's Cay (Samana) (7360-7424 and 7903-7904). Mariguana, at a 

 point ten miles west of Abraham Bay (7425-7451) ; Abraham Bay and 

 vicinity (7452-7540) ; five miles west of Southeast Point (7541-7557) and 

 at Southeast Point (7558-7589). The Caicos Islands: on South Caicos 

 (7590-7693); Pine Cay (7694-7697); North Caicos at Kew and vicinity 

 (7698-7748); Providenciales (7749-7752) and West Caicos (7753-7763); 

 Little Inagua, at the western end (7764-7782). Castle Island (7783-7802). 

 The Ragged Cays, at Great Ragged Island (7803-7869) and Hog Cay 

 (7870-7882). The Exuma Chain, at Harvest Cay (7883-7898); and Rose 

 Island (7899-7902). From May 13 to June 7, 1909, he explored the Cay 

 Sal Bank, spending four days on Anguilla Islands (7932-8078, 8438) and 

 one day each on Salt Cay (8079-8124), Water Cay (8132-8159), and 

 Elbow Cay (8125-8131). On the trip out he spent one day at Riding 

 Rocks (7912-7924), and one on Orange Cay (7925-7931), of the Bimini 

 Group; and on his return to Nassau: six days collecting on New Provi- 



