(381) 
The flora of Vieques, with its fewer species, is essentially 
similar to that of Porto Rico, yet there are a few elements 
in it which are not represented on the larger island. Of the 
cryptogams a more complete collection would undoubtedly 
add many species to those here recorded. 
In the following list, based chiefly upon Dr. Shafer’s 
collection, the habitat of each species is given as indicated 
on the labels of specimens collected on Vieques, which 
is sometimes at variance with the natural habitat of the 
plant. Comparison of the distribution of each species 
is made only with the adjacent islands of Porto Rico, 
Culebra, St. Thomas, and St. Croix, with an occasional 
reference to the smaller island of Culebrita. 
CoLLECTORS 
Lagpat, JEAN-BaptTisTE, a French friar, visited Vieques 
between 1694 and 1705. There is no evidence that he 
made a collection of herbarium specimens. 
West, Hans, principal of the school at Christianssted, 
St. Croix, from 1788 to 1800, made extensive collections on 
the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix, and about 1797 
visited Porto Rico and Vieques. 
vn, PETER, a surgeon on the Island of St. Thomas, 
collected on Vieques some time between 1818 and 1839. 
BiauNER, BERNHARD FRIEDRICH, visited Vieques about 
1853. 
GrosourpDy, REn# pr, a French physician and chemist, 
collected on Vieques before 1864. 
Eccers, Heinricu Franz ALEXANDER VON, made exten- 
sive collections in the West Indies between 1870 and i899. 
His specimens from Vieques were probably obtained about 
1882. 
More detailed accounts of the foregoing collectors will 
be found in volumes 1 and 3 of Urban’s Symbolae Antil- 
lanae. Herbarium specimens of most of the earlier col- 
lections are to be found at the Botanical Museum at Copen- 
hagen, Denmark. 
