COLLINS. THE ALGAE OP JAMAICA. 233 



suppose that the flora of the islaud is in no way inferior to similar 

 regions. 



The first collection was made by Mrs. Cora E. Pease of Maiden, Mass., 

 and her sister, Miss Eloise Butler of Minneapolis, Minn. In July, 1891, 

 they collected at Port Antonio and points in its vicinity ; and some 

 collecting was done at other ports, where the steamer touched for a few 

 hours. In 1894 Morant Bay was visited in July, with a visit to Borden 

 and Annotto Bay the first of August, followed by Orange and Hope Bays 

 and Port Antonio, where the greater part of August was spent. In 

 June, 1900, short visits were made to Ora Cabessa, Rio Novo, Runaway 

 Bay, and Rio Bono; June 21 to 27 was spent at Montego Bay; June 29 

 to July 1 at Kingston ; and the time to July 18 was spent at Manchioneal, 

 Port Morant, Hope Bay, Port Antonio, St. Ann's Bay, and Port Maria, 

 in the order named. 



The second collection was made by the late Dr. J. E. Humphrey, in 

 March and April, 1893, mostly at or near Kingston, but also near Port 

 Antonio ; a few specimens in Dr. Humphrey's herbarium were collected 

 by R. P. Bigelow at Kingston in July, 1891. In 1897 Dr. Humphrey 

 made a second visit to Jamaica ; on August 1 6 he was attacked by the 

 island fever, and died two days later. Among the collections made that 

 year is a large amount of material of shell boring algae, of which he 

 hoped to make a thorough study on his return ; unfortunately no one 

 has been able to take up this task, and only such notes as Dr. Humphrey 

 made at the time of collecting have been available for this list. 



The third collection, received when this paper was practically ready 

 for publication, was made near Kingston, May 3, 1901, by Dr. J. E. 

 Duerden, who at that time was collecting corals for the Museum at 

 Kingston. By the kindness of Dr. William Fawcett, Director of the 

 Museum, arrangements were made whereby two lai-ge cans of algae pre- 

 served in formalin were forwarded to the writer. Of the 47 species 

 which were included, six were not represented in the other and larger 

 collections. 



In the following list the abbreviation P. & B. has been used for the 

 first named collection, H. for the second ; where the specimens had a 

 number in the Humphrey herbarium, the number is given here ; notes on 

 station, depth of water, etc., have been copied; and Dr. Duerden's name 

 is given for the third collection. Of one species, not included in either 

 of these collections, I have received specimens from F. Borgesen, col- 

 lected by O. Hansen. 



Many Jamaica algae have been distributed in the two sets of exsiccatae. 



