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hamas—Little San Salvador—“ The island is inter fine 
p ui 
thousands, 
area bright-red dace: lob bed berries being cone peut in the 
lan scape. palm occurs on nearly all the Bahama Islands, 
but in the chaired ones is much needed for pig food, and is 
ae liable to extinction ; 
mas—Mariguana The h og-palm (Pseudophoenix al 
gentii) appeared to bere represen ay oes e southeast end of M 
uana by a single specimen, _jess than six pes igh."’t 
uba—Cayo ee a— cael specimen of th 
cabbage-Palm, Pse udophoenix orn In this inter 
i ne 
ion I w e 
seemed familiar with this palm and its aaa economic us 
) 
Hispaniola—Saona—“‘ Th the vegetation here 
is much the sam that previously elles at Bayojibe, a 
notable exception being still anoth Im is plant proved to 
be Pseudophoenix Sargentit and we foun in considerable 
to the —— where this palm was discovered over two hundred 
years a 
ret ae same time as these latter collections were on 
in Saona, moreover, imei discoveries were ma 
Cuba—Cay: “The groves were ane enti atieely 
composed pa Pseudophoens Sargentii, called by the fisherman 
‘palma guaney. ese palms occurred in all sizes from fresh 
seedlings to die specimens, probably 35 feet tall. 
s ous seedlings ne seudo phoenix Sarge mbit occur on 
e 0 
and of large size.’ 
* N. L. Britton, Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 8: 75. 1907. 
{+ M. A. Howe, Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 9: 46. 1908. 
t J. A. Shafer, Journal of the New York Se ehel Garden 10; 136. 1909, 
§ Norman Taylor, Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 11:14. 1910 
i . A. Shafer, Journal of the New York Becca pata 11: 150 and 155. 
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