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hundred specimens of flowering plants were secured while we 
were on this island. In certain rocky areas, the cacti were well 
represented, and of these one of the most peculiar and striking 
was the Turk’s-head cactus, the plant from which the Turk 
Islands, about one hundred and twenty miles further southeast, 
are said to have derived their name. Several living specimens 
of this cactus were obtained for the conservatories. The photo- 
graph (Fig. 11) reproduced herewith illustrates the odd form 
Fic. 11. The ‘‘ Turk’s-head cactus’’ ( Afeocactus sp. ) on the island of Mariguana. 
assumed by this plant. The hog-palm (Psendophoenix Sargentit) 
appeared to be represented at the southeast end of Mariguana by 
a single specimen, less than six feet high 
On December 12, we sailed from Mariguana for the Caicos 
Islands, arriving at the port of entry, Cockburn Harbor (* East 
outh Caicos, a little after noon on the fourteenth. 
Sout Chicos is only about twenty miles from the island of Grand 
Turk and it shares with the Turk Islands the fame of producing 
salt of an excellent quality. It is situated in longitude 71° 30° 
and latitude about 21° 30’, and was the most southern and most 
