Preface. xi 



Florae Indiae Occidentalis (189297), Engler: Regnum vegetabile 



and Engler und Prantl: Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien, newer 



Monographs and Jackson : Index Kewensis. 



For the abbreviated names see under Literature. 



Whenever I could not find that a plant was known in other 



parts of the world besides the Antilles, then the names of all 



the Islands where it is found are enumerated; I have added the 



name Margarita" to the plants occurring in the flora of the 



Islands of Margarita and Coche by Johnston. 



The Systematic Part consists of the plants belonging to all the 

 collections mentioned in Chap. 11, p. 116. 



The plants collected in the different islands are thus given : col- 

 lection Boldingh in the order of the day of collecting, and the 

 names of the other collectors are given in chronological order. 

 Not all the vernacular names people told me are given here, but 

 the names I have given in this Flora are used without any doubt. 

 Whenever a plant struck my attention although I did not think 

 it necessary to collect it, I made some notes about it; these notes 

 are also to be found in this Flora, printed with small type. 



As to the flowering and fruiting time of the plants I did not 

 think it necessary to mention with every plant whether I col- 

 lected flowers or fruits as the greater part of the plants have 

 been collected with flowers. 



I wish to draw attention to the fact that I have tried to render 

 also this Flora of the Dutch West Indian Islands as complete 

 as possible, both by what my own investigations have taught me 

 and what I could find elsewhere. 



Only the genus Melocactus has not been studied with the same 

 care, as I was sure I could not add anything to the work done 

 by Suringar on this head by the data I could bring together with- 

 out giving too much time to it. So I refer to the studies of 

 F. W. R. Suringar on Melocactus and those of J. Valckenier 

 Suringar. 



Botanical Laboratory of the University 



in Utrecht. 



1913. 



