THE BAHAMA ISLANDS 

 PLATE. FACING PAGE. 



XXXVI. Views Illustrating Vegetation 204 



Fig. 1. Lignum Vitse Trees (Guaiacum sanctum), Showing 



the Effect of Prevailing Winds, Clarence Harbor. 

 Fig. 2. Sand-box Tree (Hura crepitans), Nassau. 



XXXVII. Views Illustrating Vegetation 210 



Fig. 1. Vegetation of a Fresh Water Marsh with Thatch 



Palm (Inodes palmetto) in Center, New Providence. 

 Fig. 2. Forest Showing Pines with "May-pole" Fern 

 (Pteridium caudatum) beneath, Abaco. 



XXXVIII. Views Illustrating Vegetation 216 



Fig. 1. Typical High Coppice in the Interior of New 



Providence. 



Fig. 2. Mixed Growth of Pines, Silver Palms ( Thrinax ba- 

 hamensis) and Deciduous Trees, New Providence. 



XXXIX. Views Illustrating Vegetation 222 



Fig. 1. Logwood Tree (Hcematoxylon campechianum) , Cur- 

 rent Settlement, Eleuthera. 



Fig. 2. Fig Tree (Ficus jacquinifolia) in Center, Man- 

 grove Cay, Andros. 



XL. Views Illustrating Vegetation 228 



Fig. 1. "Bamboo Tree" (Agave rigida), Gregory Town, 



Eleuthera. 

 Fig. 2. Epiphytic Plant (Tillandsia recurvata) on Strump- 



fia maritima in an open Brackish Flat, Nassau. 



XLI. Views Illustrating Vegetation 234 



Fig. 1. Pigeon Plum Tree (Coccolobis laurifolia), Clarence 



Harbor, Long Island. 



Fig. 2. Mangrove Trees (Rhizophora mangle), Great Lake, 

 Watlings Island. 



XLII. Views Illustrating Vegetation 240 



Fig. 1. Vegetation on Rocky Coast, New Providence. 

 Fig. 2. Vegetation on Sandy Shore, New Providence. 



XLIII. Views Illustrating Vegetation 246 



Fig. 1. Vegetation on Sandy and Rocky Shore, Watlings 



Island. 

 Fig. 2. Vegetation on Rocky Beach, Watlings Island. 



XLIV. Views Illustrating Vegetation 252 



Fig. 1. Vegetation on Sandy Beach, New Providence. 

 Fig. 2. Vegetation on Sandy Beach, Green Cay. 



XLV. Views Illustrating Vegetation 258 



Fig. 1. White Lilies (Hymenocallis arenicola) in Flower, 



West Shore, Eleuthera. 



Fig. 2. Vegetation on Rocky Shore, near Clarence Harbor, 

 Long Island. 



XLVI. Views Illustrating Vegetation 264 



Fig. 1. Vegetation on Border of Salt Pan, Rum Cay. 

 Fig. 2. Vegetation in Meadow, Water Cay, Long Island. 



