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small. А tall brake known as the “ maypole " (Pteridium cauda- 
ium) was very characteristic of the pine belt. It often formed 
almost impenetrable thickets six or seven feet in height, while 
at one place on Andros, we found it growing nine feet in height. 
The “ cinecord " (Acacia choriophylla) was common in the pines а 
were also, among the lower plants, Ascyrum hypericoides, Tetra- 
sygia bicolor, Linum Bahamense, Ernodea littoralis, and Vernonia 
Bahamensis. The showy sedge (Dichromena colorata) and the 
purple orchid (Bletia verecunda) were abundant in the pines and 
were also occasionally found on the savannas. In many parts of 
the pine barrens on Andros, there was no underbrush, nothing but 
a coarse grass called ‘“‘bed-grass”’ (a species of Andropogon), relieved 
here and there by the crimson flowers of pomoca repanda. As 
one approached the western edge of the pines, the ground became 
less rocky the trees smaller and smaller, and the palmettos more 
numerous until one finally emerged on either swash or savannas, 
The savannas, constituting a fourth distinct botanical region, 
were found only on Andros. They were level prairie-like 
stretches, lying as a rule between the pines and the swash. They 
were most common in the northwestern part of the island. Тһе 
ground was not rocky and was covered, for the most part, with a 
coarse sedge called “ saw-grass ” (Cladium Jamaicense); ‘there were 
also occasional clumps of palmetto or “brier tree” (Terminalia 
spinosa). This region proved excellent botanizing ground and by 
far the greater number of the plants found there were met with 
nowhere else. averia linearis, Polygala Boykinu, Eustoma exalta- 
tum, Aletris bracteata, Gyrostachys tortilis, and Gerardia purpurea 
were common and in some places Limodorum tubercsum, Buchnera 
elongata, and Samolus ebracteatus. 
The fifth plant region was the “swash.” On Andros, this 
region, as has been said, was very extensive and comprised hun- 
dreds of square miles. Here the eroded coral rock, such a promi- 
nent feature of the coppet and the pine barrens, was replaced by 
soft, calcareous mud, in some places more or less hardened, in 
others very soft. There were numerous ponds and lakes in this 
region which we were told became connected in wet seasons, 
making a network of waterways navigable by small boats for 
many miles. We were there in a comparatively dry season and 
