HISTORICAL 



CHAPTER I 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. 



The islands Aruba and Bonaire have rarely been visited by 

 botanists; from Curagao several collections exist. In the Dutch 

 botanical literature I did not see other publications except those 

 mentioned in this Chapter. 



/. Urban, Symbolae Antillanae, mentions that J. Ph. B. von Ruhr 

 (about 1737 1 793) collected in Curagao and that also F. Bredet/u //< r 

 (1758 1839), J. Read and H. F. A. Baron von Eggers (1893) 

 visited Curasao. 



For the collections of these persons I refer to Ch. II. 

 Later botanists who visited the colony Curacao are: 

 Prof. Dr. W. F. R. Suringar 18841885. 

 Prof. Dr. F. A. F. C. Went 1901. 

 Miss A. Lens 1907. 

 Dr. I. Boldingh 19091910. 



Prof. Dr. N. L. Britton and Dr. J. A. Shafer 1913, 

 while Aschenberg and W. Versluys made collections as inhabitants 

 of Curacao and Dr. P. J. van Breemen has been especially meri- 

 torious by accurately studying the marine phanerogamous plants. 

 Their work as well as the collections of the other persons mrn- 

 tioned are treated in Ch. II. 



About the results of these investigations and collections tlu- 

 following may suffice. 



An account of Suringar's journey, published in tin- lv>n. 

 Aardr. Gen. (Royal Dutch Geogr. Soc.) Series II, Part 11 and 111 

 (1885 1886) contains an introduction; the publication lias not 

 been continued beyond the first 50 pages and only a small part 

 of the flora has been described. 



Published in the Verslagen en Verhandelingen d.-r Con. Academie 

 van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam (Proc. Royal Acad. Ai. .mi) 



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