694 Part IV. Chapter 7. 
slopes of the Blue Hills in New Providence Island and a large part of the 
flat country on the north and east sides of that island. 
This coppice (the average height of which is 10 to 15 feet) consists of such small trees and 
shrubs as Hypelate paniculata, Bourreria havanensis, Coecoloba laurifolia, Bumelia loranthifolia, 
Erithalis fruticosa, Haematoxylon campechianum, Picramnia pentandra, Byrsonima lucida, Maba 
caribaea, Anastraphia Northropiana, Tecoma bahamensis, Torrubia longifolia, T. obtusata, Psycho- 
tria undata, Ocotea Catesbyana, Zanthoxylum pterota, Duranta repens, Leucaena glauca, Krugiöoden- 
dron ferreum, Helicteres spiralis, Melicocca bijuga, Croton eluteria and such vines as Smilax 
havanensis, S. oblongata var. viseifolia, S. Beyrichii, Jacqu uemontia jamaicensis, Triopteris rigida 
and the parasite Cassytha filiformis, together with Vanilla articulata. 
The low scrub on Eleuthera occupies an elevated, rocky plain and con- 
sists of Bumelia loranthifolia, Coccoloba laurifolia, Zanthoxylum pterota, Bur- 
sera simaruba, Torrubia longifolia, Bumelia microphylla, Picrodendron baccatum 
var. bahamense, Ichthyomethia piscipula, Pithecolobium keyense, Acacia chorio- 
phylla, Haematoxylon campechianum with such vines as Gouania domingensis 
and Parthenocissus Ampelopsis (Quinaria) quinquefolia. — The long eastern 
slopes of the high ridge is covered by a low scrub, unlike anything on any 
of the other islands and composed of Baccharis dioica, Croton eluteria, Phyl- 
lanthus epiphyllanthus, Anthacanthus acicularis, Lantana crocea, L. involucrata, 
Acacia choriophylla, Bumelia microphylla and Jacquinia keyensis '). 
The low coppice growth on Watlings Island is not often more than 8 or ı0 feet high 
and is composed principally of the following species: Croton lucidus, Calliandra haematomma, 
Amyris elemifera, Bourreria havanensis, Erithalis fruticosa, Coceoloba laurifolia, C. Krugii, Raponia 
guyanensis, Reynosia septentrionalis, Bumelia microphylla, Mimusops Sieberi, Rhus Metopium, 
Calyptranthes pallens, Exostemma caribaeum, Buxus bahamensis, Phalanthus myrtilloides, Eugenia 
eonfusa, E. buxifolia, Ilex Krugiana, Maytenus buxifolia, Byrsonima lueida and Gymnanthes lucida. 
On Great Inagua, according to my sera), the low thicket of the strand consists of 
an ‘association of Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus, Acacia farnesiana, Tournefortia volubilis, Xylosma 
buxifolia, Opuntia sp., and Urechites suberecta, a climbing plant which grows over the components 
of the thicket. On James Hill (90 feet elevation), Great Inagua, according to NAsH?), grow a 
species of Pilocerus, Opuntia Dillenii, another Opuntia of the spinosissima section and a species 
of the genus Mamillaria (Cactus) growing in great profusion. Tillandsia usneoides is also an ele- 
ment of this scrub, while in other places in the coppice occur Mimosa bahamensis, Clusia rosea, 
Pseudophoenix Sargentii, Agave sp., Melocactus sp., etc. The shrubs and trees of this coppice 
on the south shore do not attain a height of more than a foot or a little over, because this 
shore is subjected during the summer months to the full force of the trade winds which blow from 
the northeast. : 
The low thicket on Grand Turk Island consists of a shrubby Pithecolo- 
bium 10 t0 15 feet. tall and an extensive cactus vegetation composed of 
Opuntia Nashii, O. tuna, O. Dillenii while Euphorbia vaginulata, found on 
sand ridges and called milk bush by the natives, gives a grey-brown aspect 
to the landscape as it does on Watlings Island where it is also found. Pseudo- 
Phoenix Sargentii exists by the thousands on the island of Little San Sal- 
vador, and elsewhere in the Bahamas it is abundant. 
1) CoKErR: Loc, cit.: 229. 
2) HARSHBERGER, J. W.: Strand Flora of Great Inagua. (1903.) See Bibliogr. p. 89. 
3) Nash, .G. V.: Botanical Exploration of the Inagua Islands. (1905.) See Bibliogr. p- 90: 
