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2406-2414), North Bimini (2369-78, 2386, 2399-2405), South Cat 

 Cay, (2416-2441).* Again in January, 1905, he collected in the fol- 

 lowing localities while awaiting the arrival of Dr. Britton (see Brit- 

 ton & Millspaugh): Blue Hills road (2442-4, 2461-81), Silver Cay 

 (2445-2460), and South Side, Soldiers Road, Fort Montague and 

 Fort Fincastle (2482-2502). Following immediately upon this, see 

 Britton & Millspaugh. 



JV. 6 T. Nash & Taylor Messrs. Geo. V. Nash and Norman Taylor, 

 of the New York Botanical Garden, were commissioned by the Gar- 

 den, in October, 1904, to investigate the Inaguas. They made an 

 exhaustive survey of the islands, collecting on Inagua 482 numbers 

 (874-1138 and 1258-1474), on Sheep Cay 23 numbers (1139-1161), 

 and on Little Inagua 96 numbers (1162-1257). In September, 1905, 

 on their return from an exploration in Haiti, they spent a week on 

 Grand Turk Island, collecting all such plants as were noted by them 

 at that season, 136 numbers (3757-3892.) Accounts of these expe- 

 ditions may be found in the Journal of the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den 6:1-19 and 189-191. 



Northrop Mrs. Alice (Rich) Northrop, accompanied by her husband, 

 Prof. John I. Northrop, made, in 1890, a large collection of the 

 plants of New Providence (Nos. 1-239, 280-331), Rose Island (251), 

 Salt Cay (240-244, 271-279), Hog Island (245-8, 252-70), and An- 

 dros (332-758). These plants formed the basis of Mrs. Northrop's 

 "Flora of New Providence and Andros." They are now deposited 

 in equal sets in the herbaria of this Museum and the Garden. 



Wight Mr. Alex. E. Wight, under the patronage of the Gray Herbari- 

 um, of Cambridge, Mass., made a Bahamian collection of 275 num- 

 bers from March to May, 1905. He collected on New Providence 

 and Hog Island (Nos. i 226 and 271-275), and on Andros (227- 

 270). The resulting plants are being determined at the Gray Her- 

 barium, where the initial set will be retained and the duplicate sets 

 distributed to this Museum, the New York Botanical Garden, and 

 others. Prof. B. L. Robinson has kindly communicated, in advance, 

 to the author all those numbers falling within the natural orders 

 treated in this Praenuncia. 



*An account of this expedition may be found in the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 

 5:129-136. 



