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Here the Melocactus, or Turk’s-head, first seen at Little Inagua, 
was again found in considerable numbers. Great masses of 
Opuntia Dillenit Haw. were met with here, as elsewhere in the 
scrub and just back of the strand. Some distance to the north 
of Lantern Head is the mouth of a salt-water creek, known as 
Lantern Head Creek. This extends into the interior about a 
mile. By means of a small boat we reached the end of this 
creek, and from there proceeded on foot for perhaps a mile and 
a half to the north to Smith’s Thatch Pond, where grew great 
see of the /zodes seen at Cabbage Pond on the north side 
the d. Herbarium specimens and a series of photographs 
were eee of the palm here. Two living specimens were also 
secured. One of the surprises at this point was the finding of a 
Marsilea in great quantity. No member of the genus had pre- 
viously been reported from the Bahamas. Its nearest relative is 
a species growing in central Texas. 
n the return journey several stops were made as we skirted 
the shore between Lantern Head and Sandy Point. Before 
starting for Mathew Town a pen was made at Sandy Point that I 
might make a series of photographs oe the character of 
the vegetation on this part of the shore. The region here 
is oe during the summer months to al the force of the 
trade winds which sweep in from the southeast, often with almost 
nie force, the heavy seas carrying large masses of roc 
on to the gently sloping hillsides, The condition of the vegeta- 
tion here clearly indicates how great and constant must be this 
force, for on the windward side of the ridges ae ioe is hen 
depressed. The shrubs and trees often cover ah 
of surface or more, and do not attain a height of more than a foot 
or a little over. The accompanying illustration (Fig. 4) pictures 
this condition of things, and fairly well represents the bleak and 
barren appearance of these exposed ridges of the southern coast. 
gave in this picture is the same as that growing on Little 
Inagua; here it inhabits the sandier places of the ridges. It is 
an odd experience to pass from the windward side of these 
ridges to the protected face and find the vegetation remaining 
exactly the same as to species, but as soon as the apex of the ridge 
