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Vol. 38 Ba Loria No. 5 
TORREY BOTAN ICAL CLUB 
The Hepaticae of the Bahama Islands 
ALEXANDER W. Evans 
(WITH PLATES 9 AND Io) 
Previous to 1903 no Hepaticae had been reported from the 
Bahama Islands. In that year a list of eight species was published 
by Coker* from determinations made by the writer. It was based 
on collections made in the vicinity of Nassau and includes six 
Lejeuneae and two species of Frullania. With a single exception 
the species listed are also known from Florida and all are common 
in the Antilles. 
During the years 1904-1910 a botanical exploration of the 
Islands was carried on under the direction of the New York Botan- 
ical Garden. The collections made included many packets of 
Hepaticae and these also were sent to the writer for examination. 
They were found to contain twenty-six species which Coker did 
not list, thus raising the total number of species known from the 
Islands to thirty-four. Several Lejeuneae from these collections, 
including the new Brachiolejeunea bahamensis, have already been 
reported upon in other connections. 
The most complete representation of Bahamian Hepaticae 
was secured by Mrs. Elizabeth G. Britton, who found twenty-six 
species on the island of New Providence alone. The other islands, 
only one of which was visited by Mrs. Britton, yielded much smaller 
collections, Andros leading with only eight species to its credit. 
It is of course probable that most of the forms now known from 
New Providence only are more or less widely distributed 1 through- 
*In Shattuck: The Bahaman Islands 248. 1905. 
[The BuLLetin for April 1911 (38: 153-204. pl. 2-8) was issued 5 My 1o11.] 
