Copy of my resume. Mot less than 392 grass 

 es are now known from Cube and Isle of .nines, 

 making this the "biggest Cuban family. Panicuia 

 is the biggest genus with not less than 68 spe- 

 cies, followed by Paspalum with 49, Andropogon 

 with |9 f Aristida with 80, 159 species are 

 fofi icboth in Cuba and I. of P., 5? are widely 

 disVfib, An Cuba, but do not occur in I. of P, 

 while 1:3 species are found in I. of ?• only. 95 

 species may be characterized as western species] 

 out of which 54 are found both in Cuba and I. 

 of Pines, 29 - JVly in western Cuba, while, 12 

 reach centra? ^uba without being found in I. of 

 £. 17 species are found only in central Cuba, 

 59 species have an easterly distribution, 17 of 

 these reach central Cuba. 17 species are found 

 only in the 5agua-£ar«coa mountains. 15 species 

 are cultivated, <34 ing^pduced , of these 6 dis- 

 appearing and 2fL spre'D'tiring rapidly. 92 species 

 are endemic (about 24 per cent). 90 species 

 are new to Cuba, 55 of these to science. 12 

 genera are "hew to uuba , two Of the^e cnltiv. 

 ann two new to science. r 2Y,ere are 14 grasses re- 

 corded as Cuban which I have not found yet (I 

 expect to find two of these on my next excursion]!) 

 5 of these have been introduced and later disap- 

 peared. ^ 



(Letter from E. L. Bkman, July 25, 



1926) 



