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tata, Diplazium striatum, Blechura occidentale, Stenochlaena sor- 

 bifolia, Neurogramme calomelanos, Lonchifcis hirsuta, Polypodium 

 brasiliense, Polypodium crassifolium, Polypodium loriceum, Poly- 

 podium piloselloides, Elaphoglossum conforme, Elaphoglossum lati- 

 foliura, Gleichenia bifida. 



St. Martin. 



The well developed Eriodendronvegetation of Saba and St. Eusta- 

 tius with its typical plants is not so pronounced in St. Martin. 

 Small remnants of an in former times well developed Eriodendron 

 vegetation are to be found on the tops of the Milldramhill, Mount 

 Paradis, Nakedboyhill, Centryhill and on the higher parts of the 

 road from Filipsburg to Marigot. The following plants make it 

 sure that these parts are covered by the Eriodendronvegetation : 

 Panicum divaricatun, Peperomia obtusifolia, Peperomia glabella, 

 Polypodium aureum, Daphnopsis caribaea, Miconia laevigata, 

 Tabernaemontana citrifolia, Samyda serrulata, Inga laurina. 

 Moreover there are to be seen the following plants : Guettarda scabra, 

 Myrcia coriacea, Casearia parvifolia, Pisonia fragrans, Peperomia 

 Langsdorffii. Especiallly typical for St. Martin are the many indivi- 

 duals that may be found of Samyda serrulata, Coccoloba nivea, 

 Pisonia fragrans, Comocladia ilicifolia, Schaefferia frutescens and of 

 the following ones unknown from St. Eustatius and Saba : Picram- 

 nia pentandra, Bunchosia nitida, Casearia sylvestris, Eugenia mon- 

 ticola, Tournefortia hirsutissima. 



Coccoloba diversifolia, Allophylus occidentalis, Ardisia coriacea, 

 Linociera compacta, Cestrum laurifolium do not occur on St. Martin. 

 Where the Crotonvegetation comes in connection with the Erioden- 

 dronvegetation, especially in the northern parts of St. Martin we 

 find another number of plants not known on the other Dutch 

 West Indian Islands viz. Malpighia augustifolia, Bunchosia nitida, 

 whereas there occur also in great quantity, Samyda serrulata, Pi- 

 sonia subcordata, Capparis frondosa and Capparis jamaicensis. 



CROTONVEGETATION. 



The Crotonvegetation is characterised by Croton, Acacia, Lantana, 

 Solanum racemosum, Melochia tomentosa, Opuntia triacantha, 

 Opuntia Tuna, Opuntia Ficus indica and Melocactus. 



St. Eustatius. 



The level country and the lower parts of the slopes of the hills 



