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appeared in the Johns Hopkins' circular, from which I 

 extract the following table. 



The sixty-six species of the list represent about forty 

 natural orders or families. 



Those plants marked by a f, constituting about one 

 third of the whole, are not known to occur in the Southern 

 States or on the Florida Keys and are, it is likely, peculiar 

 to the Bahamas. 



Plants found on Abaco alone are marked accordingly, and 

 those observed only on Green Turtle Key are marked by 

 the letters G. T. Local, popular names are enclosed in quo- 

 tation marks. 



FLOWERING PLANTS. 



1, Agave sps (?). " Manilla Plant." 



f 2. Alternanthera flavescens, Moquin. 



3. Argemone Mexicana, L. Prickly Poppy. (G. T.) 



4. Artemisia vulgaris, L. Common Mugwort, (G. T.) 

 f 5. A. hispida, Pursh. " Bastard Geranium." 



6. Asclepias pawpercula, Michx. Milkweed. 



7. Bidens leucantha, W. Beggars' Ticks. 



8. Borrichia arborescens, D. C " Bay Lavender." 

 f 9. Brwmfelsia—O). Tall shrub. 



10. Carnavalia obtusifolia, D. C, Coarse vine (Pea family), 



fll. Catopsis nutans, Gris. (?). Epiphytic Bromeliad. " Wild Pine." 



(Abaco.) 



f 12. Cenchorus hirsutus, L. " Courage Bush." 



fl3. Cenchrus tribuloides, L. (Grass), 



f 14. Cladium occidentale, Schrader. (Sedge). 



|15. Coccoloba uvifera. Shrub or small tree, "oea Grape." 



16. Conocarpus erectus, L. V. erectus, Gris. " Button-wood." 



17. Cyperus Vahlii, Stendel. 



18. Datura stramonium, L. Jamestown Weed. (G. T.) 



19. Dichromena leucocephala. Michx. (Sedge). (Abaco). 

 f 20. Echites suberecta. Common Climber. 



f 21. Eupatorium integrifolium, Berb. 



22. Euphorbia sps (?). ■' Milkweed." 



f 23. Eunodia littoralis, Swtz. 



|24. Fieus trigonata. " Wild Fig..' (G. T.) 



25. Fimbristylis spadicea, Vahl. (Sedge). 



|26. Genipa clusifolia, Gris. " Seven-year Apple." 



27. Gomphrena — (?). " Turtle Grass." 



28. Jacquinia armillaris, Jacq. " Joe-Bush." 



