studj^ the Flora of the West Indies to hâve the small 

 list of plants I saw or collected in Anguilla. I hâve given 

 a list of 150 spécimens only; it need not be mentioned 

 that as far as concerns this Island, my studies are far 

 from being complète; the short time I could spend there 

 was taken from my studies in St. Martin and I could not 

 dévote more time to it. 



Anguilla, belonging to the Presidency of St. Kitts and 

 Nevis is a small Island of about 90 G km. situated in 

 18" N. latitude and 63" longitude, separated from the Dutch 

 and French Island St. Martin by a strait of about 10 km. 



It is one of the Leeward Islands, is very flat and belongs 

 to the same geological formation together with St. Martin, 

 consisting chiefly of calcareous soil. A great part of the 

 Island is cultivated and wherever the soil was abandoned 

 or not yet cultivated, especially near the seashore, I met 

 with a végétation that consisted chiefly of prickly plants 

 ressembling in saperficial appearance the Croton végétation 

 of the Dutch Antilles. I did not see any tropical wood. 



The list of plants is based on the same principles on 

 which I am writing my Flora of the Dutch W. I. Islands 

 and I do not think it necessary to give fuller explanations 

 in this paper now, nor to give a description of the lo- 

 calities where I collected the plants. It be mentioned that 

 only the plants indicated with B. Herb. Utrecht. 

 are collected. 



It is not my intention to give a treatise on the Flora 

 of Anguilla, it is not the right time for it now: but for 

 thèse 150 plants the Island is wholly unknown and I hope 

 that it will not last long beforc further investigations may 

 be planning. Some notes made at the end of my article 

 will show that Anguilla though almost quite neglected 

 will probably prove to be a nice Island for a botanist to 

 investigate. 



