Evans: THE HEPATICAE OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS 221 
E. G. Britton (823 p.p., 3164 p-b., 3167, 3172 b-P., 3173); Waterloo, 
E. G. Britton. (6632, 6639); Maidenhead Coppice, E. G. Britton 
(3217 p.b., 6553, 6575); Lake Cunningham, E. G. Britton (641); 
near Clifton, E. G. Britton (739 p.p.); Carmichael, E. G. Britton 
(440, 443 pb.p.); Seven Hills, E. G. Britton (3361). Eleuthera: 
near the Bluff, E. G. Britton (6523). Anguilla Isles: South End, 
Salt Key Bank, Wilson (8054). Widely distributed in tropical 
regions throughout the world; Connecticut to Ohio and south to 
Florida and Louisiana; Bermuda. 
It will be seen from the species listed that the Jubuleae com- 
prise seven eighths of the entire number and that the Metzgeri- 
aceae are as yet unrepresented in the collections made on the 
Islands. The Anthocerotaceae are not wholly absent. Sterile 
specimens of an Anthoceros allied to A. levis L. were collected by 
Brace along the Adelaide Road, New Providence (3917), but it is 
impossible to identify them without sporophytes. The pre- 
ponderance of the Jubuleae indicates the tropical character of the 
hepatic flora. All but five of the species, in fact, are definitely 
known from the Antilles and all but ten from Florida, numbers 
that will doubltess be reduced upon further exploration. Most 
of the species which occur in the Antilles are confined to the low- 
lands, even on mountainous islands, although a few of them follow 
the path of civilization into higher altitudes and make their ap- 
pearance along roadsides and in plantations. It seems rather 
surprising at first that only five of the Bahamian species are known 
from Bermuda.* The flora of the more northern island, however, 
is much more closely related to that of the northeastern United 
States, even though it does contain certain subtropical elements. 
YALE UNIVERSITY. 
* See Evans: The Hepaticae of Bermuda. Bull. Torrey Club 33: 129-135. pl. 6. 
1906. 
