A Contribution to the Knowledge of tlie 

 Flora of Anguilla (B. W. I.) 



BY 



I. BOLDINGH. 



During my investigations on the Flora of the Dutch 

 W. I. Islands St. Eustatius, Saba and St. Martin in 



1906 ') I paid a short visit to the Iskind of Anguilla ; 

 I arrived in the evening of Sept. 5*"^ 1906 and made some 

 short trips on Sept. 6*'' and 7"^ in order to get acquainted 

 with the Flora of this small Island, that, as far as I found 

 was visited only by three botanists, L. C. M. Richard 

 1786, Sir Daniel Morris 1891 and W. EUiot 1892. (I. U r b a n 

 Symbolae Antillanae III p. 152). 



Besides a very small collection made byW. Elliot 

 and a new species of Thrinax collected by Sir Daniel Morris, 

 there exists no collection of Anguillaplants, and during 

 my studles on the Flora of the Antilles I did not meet 

 with any dried spécimen, nor did I see Anguilla mentioned 

 in I. Urban, Flora Portoricensis. 



That is why I think it may be welcome to those who 



1) Further détails and the résulte of thèse investigations will be 

 published in the course of thèse two months in „The Flora of the 

 Dutch W. I. Islands I. (1909)" by the author of this paper. 



Recueil des trav. bot. Néerl. Vol. VI. 1909. 1 



