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Important Crop and Soil Prodlems 174 



Pineapples 175 



Citrus Fruits 178 



Bahama Hemp or Sisal 180 



Conclusion 181 



VEGETATION OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. By William C. Coker, Ph. D. 185 



Introduction 185 



Sketch of Botanical Explorations in Bahamas 186 



Composition and Relationships of the Bahama Flora 190 



Distribution of the Bahama Flora 194 



Indigenous Trees and Shrubs Useful for their Wood or Leaves 201 



Indigenous Medicinal Plants 206 



Indigenous Fruits 207 



Cultivated Fruits 209 



Trees Cultivated for Ornament 212 



Botanical Formations in the Bahama Islands 214 



Plant Formations 216 



New Providence 216 



Sand-Strand Formation 216 



The Ipomea pes-caprae Association 217 



The Uniola-Tournefortia Association 217 



Pithecolobium-Salmea Association 217 



Erithalis-Reynosia (or littoral Sand-coppice) Association 218 



The Silver Palm Association 218 



Fresh-marsh Formation 218 



Pine-barren Formations 219 



The Wet-barrens 219 



The Dry-barrens 219 



Coppice Formations 220 



High-coppice Formation 220 



Low-coppice Formation 221 



Salt Marsh Formation 222 



Rocky-shore Formation 223 



Mangrove Cay, Andros 223 



Green Cay 224 



Current Settlement, Eleuthera 225 



Spanish Wells, George Island 226 



Gregory Town, Eleuthera 227 



