Distribution ofall the Wild l^iants enumerat(3d in the J'Mrst Part. 258 



enumerate is this Flora ought to l)C between 180 and 304 = 

 (180+ 124). As it appears that my number is but 148, it is 

 evident that the data we had in 1865, abouth the West Indian 

 plants have changed by the newer collections we have got from 

 the West Indies and the neighbouring countries. 

 Whereas I draw this conclusion from our knowledge about the 

 Dutch West Indian Islands so I believe that a similar study 

 of the other Antilles would show us that there would be a 

 still greater difference between what we know now and what 

 GrisebacJ/ stated as the result of his studies on the West Indies 

 in 1865. 



In order to show that there is probably not a very large number 

 of plants of the Dutch Antilles St. Eustatius, Saba and St. Martin 

 that might have been overlooked by Suringar and myself I give 

 the next list where I compare the numbers of the species from 

 the larger families of the Island of St. Croix (Eggers: Flora of 

 St. Croix and the Virgin Islands, 1879) and the Dutch West Indian 

 Islands above named. 



