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collecting on Inagua 482 numbers (874-1138 and 1258-1474), on Sheep 

 Cay 23 numbers (1139^-1161), and on Little Inagua 96 numbers (1162- 

 1257). In September, 1905, on their return from an exploration in 

 Haiti, they spent a week on Grand Turk Island, collecting all such plants 

 as were noted by them at that season, 136 numbers (3757-3892). Accounts 

 of these expeditions may be found in the Journal of the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden 6: 1-19 and 189-191. 



1904. Glover M. Allen and Thomas Barbour, while collecting zoological mate- 

 rial on the Bahamas in July, 1904, gave considerable attention to the plant 

 life of Abaco, Elbow Cay, Great Guana Cay, Little Abaco, Pensacola Cays, 

 Stranger Cay and Great Bahama. Their collections amounting to about 

 100 1 sheets are deposited in the Gray Herbarium, Cambridge, Mass. 



1904. Owen Bryant collected a number of plants on Mangrove Cay and Andros 

 in 1904 while engaged in zoological investigations there. His plants are 

 in Herb. Gray, Cambridge, Mass. 



1905 and 1907. Britton and Millspaugh the authors of this Flora, accom- 

 panied by Dr. M. A. Howe, began an exploration of the Berry Islands, 

 Great Bahama, and the Exuma Chain, in January, 1905. A schooner was 

 chartered and equipped at Nassau, where, after a day's delay on account 

 of heavy weather (during which collecting was done in the scrublands and 

 coppices south of Nassau (2085-2110), the expedition began at Eose 

 Island (2111-2166) and Hog Island (2167-2176). The first island of the 

 Berry Group visited was Whale Cay ('2177-2201), followed by Frozen Cay 

 (2202-2224), Little Harbor Cay (2225-2254), Great Sturrup Cay (2255- 

 285), Goat Cay (2286-2301), Lignum Vitae Cay (2302-2332), and Great 

 Harbor Cay (2333-2354). The exploration began on Great Bahama Island 

 at Eight Mile Eocks (2355-2596), and was continued at Barnett's Point 

 (2597-2716), and Golden Grove (2717-2741). Eeturning to Nassau, a 

 fresh start was made to the Exuma Chain, of which the following islands 

 were diligently searched: Ship Channel Cay (2742-2767), Cay north of 

 Wide Opening (2768-2804), Cave Cay (2805-2836), Little Galiot (2837- 

 2850), Great Galiot (2851-2860), Great Guana (2861-2922), Great Exuma 

 (2923-3051, 3073-3141), and! Stocking Island (3052-3072). 



On Great Exuma the regions studied were the scrub lands and coppices 

 lying west of Georgetown: Hayne's Eoad from the east to the west shores 

 across the island; and the Eolletown scrub lands and coppices. The total 

 series of this exploration is 1,057 sheets. An account of this expedition 

 may be found in Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 6 : 78-85. 



They further undertook, in 1907, a very exhaustive exploration of the Out 

 Islands, embracing the following localities: Eleuthera, from the Glass Win- 

 dow to Harbor Island (5376-5404) ; Glass Window to Gregorytown (5405- 

 5440); Governor's Harbor and vicinity (5441-5542); Eock Sound and 

 vicinity (5543-5590); Miller's and Bannermantown and vicinities (5591- 

 5613) and in the vicinity of the extreme southern point of the island (5614- 

 5656). Little San Salvador (5657-5701). Cat Island, from Orange Creek 

 around the extreme north end of the island, down the northeast shore of 



