four days extended from Cockburn Town on the western sid 

 across and around the larger lakes to the fine lighthouse on th. 

 northeastern side which section was explored from Graham's Har 



e five 



.nd then from Graham H 

 he northwestern part of t 

 mboo ") which we were ss 

 e shore of the largest lak 



the blossoms. It seem: 

 mon species of the north 

 more feebly bristle-mar^ 



differ, 



i the 



and much larger. The common species also grows on Watling's 



or small tree of the Mallow Family discovered here several years 

 ago by Professor Coker, during the expedition of the Geograph- 

 ical Society of Baltimore to the Bahamas, and named by me Mal- 

 vaviscus Cokeri, was seen in abundance at the type locality where 

 it was obtained by him, and also in many other places along the 

 lakes and on the borders of swamps, and we obtained good speci- 

 mens of its fruit, which was not before known, as well as of its 

 pretty bell-shaped greenish-red flowers. The plants of the north- 

 eastern side of the island proved to be in many instances different 

 from those of the western side and among them we saw for the 

 first time the Bahamian Mimosa, a shrub which grows in great 

 quantities on the borders of marshes, but formerly known only 

 from islands further south. Graham's Harbor is very pictur- 

 esque, its bold cliffs of white limestone contrasting finely with 

 the green vegetation of the shores and the deep blue water of the 



The 



o Colum 



ted by the Chicago Herald 

 >ut five miles south of the 

 tern side, and we were much 



