CHAPTER IV 



Distribution of tlie indigenous plants from Curasao, 

 Aruba and Bonaire. 



Andropogon curassavicus 

 Chloris leptantha . 

 Chloris Suringari . 

 Eragrostis Urbaniana 

 Bulbostylis floccosa pumilio 

 Agave Trankeera . 

 Agave vicina .... 

 Agave vivipara . 

 Ficus Brittonii 

 Pisonia bonairensis . 

 Greggia Urbaniana . 

 Kallstroemia curta . 

 Bursera bonairensis . . 

 Phyllanthus Euwensii . 

 Croton curassavicus . 

 May ten us Versluysii . 

 Condalia Henriquezii. 

 Casearia bonairensis . 

 Cereus repandus . 

 Cephalocereus lanuginosus 

 Melocactus spec. . 

 Opuntia tunoides . 

 Opuntia elatior 

 Metastelma Boldinghii . 

 Melampodium bonairense 

 Pectis brachycephala . 



Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 



Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 



Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 

 Curagao. 



Aruba. 



Aruba. 



Aruba'. 

 Aruba. 



Aruba. 

 Aruba. 

 Aruba. 

 Aruba. 

 Aruba. 



Aruba. 

 Aruba. 

 Aruba. 

 Aruba. 

 Aruba. 



Aruba. 



Bonaire. 



Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 



Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 



Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 



Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 

 Bonaire. 



Only a smal number of these plants give a typical aspect to the vege- 

 tation and occur so abundantly that they are an important factor 

 in imparting to the flora of these islands a character of its own. 

 See on this point Third Part, Section C. 



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