bers. As usual, the dried material for the herbarium was sup- 

 plemented by specimens preserved in fluids. The marine flora 

 of Jamaica had previously received considerable attention and is 

 perhaps as well known as that of any of the West Indian islands 

 with the possible exception of Guadeloupe and Barbados. Sir 

 Hans Sloane, who lived in Jamaica from December, 1687, to 

 March, 1689, was apparently the first to collect, figure and 

 describe any of its seaweeds, and his descriptions and the speci- 

 mens that he carried back to England were cited by Linnaeus, 

 Ellis & Solander, Dawson Turner, and other of the earlier writ- 



ers. In more recent years, the lamented Dr. James Ellis 

 Humphrey, who in 1897 fell a victim there to the "island 

 fever," Dr. J. E. Duerden, then of the Institute of Jamaica, and 

 Mrs. Cora E. Pease and Miss Eloise Butler, who made visits 

 to the island in 1 89 1, 1894, and 1900, have brought together 

 somewhat extensive collections which have formed the basis of 

 Mr. F. S. Collins' paper on "The Algae of Jamaica," pub- 

 lished in 1901. Mr. Collins' list includes 224 marine species. 



