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also occurs here to some extent; and one or two species of 
Salicornia abound. Other than those mentioned the species 
represented a 
There is a course edhe strand flora, but this is the same as ex- 
ists in such regions throughout that part of America. Tourne- 
fortia ess ae .) R. Br, Batis maritima L., /pomoea 
Pes-Caprae (L.) 8 , Sesuviusn ‘Porlacastai L. and other 
common oe a abound 
m the above description it will be seen that the flora is 
mainly a xerophytic one, the representation of cacti especially 
indicating this. I think that several of these cacti will prove 
to be endemic. Among the Euphorbiaceae was one which 
attracted my attention everywhere in the scrub, whether in the 
protected inland areas, or as a flat mat on the wind-swept regions 
of the south coast. I first noticed it in great abundance at 
Moujean Harbor, Little Inagua, and passed it by, thinking it 
was dead, for its general brown appearance was that of a shru 
which had been killed by fire. I was much surprised on exam- 
ination to find that it was alive and that the color was the natural 
one of the plant. This proved to be what was hitherto a rare 
species, Euphorbia vaginulata Griseb., originally described from 
Turk Islands. It is one the commonest shrubs of the 
scrub region. Nota nen sented: plant was seen on the 
islands. 
sa result of this aenag the Garden has acquired a col- 
lection - ee rium material, from a region hitherto all but un- 
known, of over 1,000 ica a collection of wood-sections 
numbering about 40 speci 97 specimens of living plants, in- 
cluding five of the large Turk’ s-heads already alluded to ; about 
30 packets of seeds, from which it is hoped to derive many in- 
teresting plants not represented in cultivation ; and a series of 142 
photographs, illustrating the features of a vegetation hitherto 
very imperfectly known. I think it would be well at some time 
to again visit these islands and explore the regions along the 
south coast of Great Inagua beyond Lantern Head, and the east 
and north coasts of Little Inagua, all sections uncovered by the 
present exploring party. 
