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total of 1952 species, of which 185, or rather under a tenth, are 
estimated as endemic. ‘The flowering plants are naturally the 
best. known, and of these 133 out of 995 are not yet known from 
elsewhere. Not one of 33 known ferns is peculiar to the islands, 
and only one out of 69 Bryophyta. In each case the distribution 
outside the Bahamas is briefly indicated. Cultivated species have 
been excluded except such as appear to have become spontaneous. 
The Bahamas form an archipelago of 29 islands and an enormous 
number of cays and isolated rocks, with a total land area of 4424 
square miles, the total length being about 600 miles. The sur- 
face is mostly low, hilly and rocky, the hill ranges usually run- 
ning lengthwise of the islands, and the highest hardly exceeding 
200 ft. Mangrove swamps are local along the coastal lines, 
and there are no fresh water streams, but fresh water marshes 
exist on some of the larger islands. There are extensive forests 
of the Caribbean Pine (Pinus caribaea), on a few of the larger 
ham 
ported from one or another of the land masses by natural agencies 
of winds, migratory birds or oceanic currents, e work con- 
tains a brief introduction, an account of the Explorations and 
Collections of the Pahsioas beeing with Thomas Walker, 
eighteenth century—a Bibliography of works and papers Pease 3 
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woods ’’ altered to ‘‘ dicotyledons.”’ The absurdity of the 
ied i d, for some of the 
Erythrina, and E rioden- 
ron, are included amongst hardwoods, whilst Callitris, Tetra- 
conomies, pp. Xvi, 522, with 137, 
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