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different places along the coast and many plants of interest were 
collected. In the ‘white lands’’ at the northern end, the pal- 
metto (Sabal Palmetto) of the southern United States was repre- 
sented by only about half a dozen individuals, while the silver- 
leaved thatch-palm (Coccothrinax argentca) was more abundant. 
At the next stopping point on the coast, about three miles 
from the south end, the land was very rugged and the flora of 
little interest. The woody vegetation was low and in places 
almost impenetrable. 
Our work on the Anguillas was concluded by spending May 
17 and 18 near the southern ee where the ‘white lands” 
(sandy places) were more extensive. The vegetation here was 
far more luxuriant than at is northern end, and a greater 
number of species were represented. The two palms previously 
met with were found in greater abundance, while ane species 
hitherto unknown to grow in the Bahamas were collec 
the Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were ay 
lacking in the flora. 
In the shallow, sandy bays of this vicinity, special attention was 
given to the study of marine plants and it is already clear that 
the collections just made are of high scientific importance 
marine alga of much interest was quite plentiful. This species 
has hitherto been somewhat doubtfully identified with Udotea ar- 
gentea Zanard —an extremely rare species first described in 1858 
from plants collected in the Red Sea at Suez, The American 
plant has, however, just been described as new by A. and E. 5S 
Gepp of the British Museum in the July number of the Journal 
of Botany, under the name Udotea verticillosa. The only repre- 
sentatives of this species hitherto known in the Atlantic Ocean 
pe to be specimens in the Nicolas Pike herbarium collect 
at Key West, Florida, in 1864, and a few others obtained by va 
Challenger Expedition at St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies. 
The turtle-grass (Thalassia testudinum) was very common in 
from six to eight feet of water and after careful examination with 
a “ water-glass,” a few flowering and fruiting specimens were ob- 
tained. 
Calm weather and light head winds, accompanied by heavy 
