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description of this vegetation. A very similar vegetation Coivjer 

 (l.Cc.) seems to have found in the Bahama Islands (cfr. his PI, 

 XL VI, fig. 2). 



Anona palustris L. is found partly on rather swampy ground 



Fig. 22. Anona palustris L. growing on dried lagoon soil in Saltriver 



Bay, St. Croix. (F. B. phot.) 



in the vicinity of Lagunctilaria, partly on drier and more 

 sandy soil. With its large dark-green leaves it has a rather 

 conspicuous appearance (fig. 22); it has large, firstly green, later 

 on yellow uneatable fruits, the so-called "monkey apples". Anona 



Botanisk Tidsskrift. 29. Bind. 16 



