Historical Sketch. 213 



W. F. R. Suringar 1885. 



W. F. B. Suringar made a botanical investigation on the Dutch 



West Indian Islands in 1885. 



Further details about this expedition will be found in Chapter II 



of the Historical Part of this Flora. 



(Herb. Leiden, Herb. Krug et Urban Berlin). 



J. J. Walch about 1889. 



In the Report of the 60 meeting of the Br. Ass. f. Adv. Sc. Leeds 

 1890 p. 448 the following is said about the collection Walch: A 

 smtiU collection of plants numbering 143 specimens, was received 

 from Mr. J. J. Walch, B. K This collections includes plants from 

 Dominica, St. Martin, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia and Gre- 

 nada. Most of the plants consisted of common West Indian spe- 

 cies, presumably such as would be met with in the more acces- 

 sible spots in the various places visited. 

 (Herbar. Kew.). 



F. A. F. G. Went 1902 



F. A. F. C. Went is his : Rapport omtrent den toestand van land- 

 en tuinbouw op de Nederlandsche Antillen, bijlage V vanhetKo- 

 loniaal verslag van Curasao van 1902, gives some observations 

 on the vegetationof St. Eustatius; in so far as these observations 

 will be interesting to us I shall deal with them in the Third Part 

 of this Flora. 



J. van Grol-Meyers 1904—1906. 



Two collections of plants gathered by Mrs. van Grol-Meyers will 



be treated more fully in Chapter II of the Historical Part of this 



Flora. 



(Herb. Utrecht; Herb. Koloniaal Museum Haarlem). 



I. Boldingh 1906. 



The botanical investigations I made in 1906 will more largely 



be dwelt on in Chapter II of the Historical Part of this Flora. 



Besides the above mentioned data I found in Grisebach: Flora of 

 the British W. I. Islands that the following plants were also 

 collected in St. Eustatius: 

 p. 66. Lithophila muscoides Sw. 

 p. 75. Sida ulmifolia Cav. 



And in Grisebach: Systematische Untersuchungen liber die Vege- 

 tation der Karaiben, insbesondere der Insel Guadeloupe I found: 

 1472. Aspidium raacrophyllum Sw. (Aspidium raartinicense Spr.). 



