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Bonaire. 



For a description of the vegetation of the lower lime regions on 

 Bonaire I choose: 



The country round Kralendijk. 



Many ruderal plants grow here, e. g. Parthenium Hysterophorus. 

 The general impression is that of a poor Croton vegetation, con- 

 sisting of Acacia tortuosa, Prosopis juliflora, Croton flavens, a 

 few Crescentia Cujete, Bursera simaruba, Cordia alba and Caesal- 

 pinia coriaria; the ground is covered with Elytraria squamosa, 

 Sida, Chloris, Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Eragrostis ciliaris, Sporo- 

 bolus argutus, Anthephora hermaphroditica, Eragrostis Urbaniana. 

 A vegetation somewhat similar to this, but without ruderal plants 

 we find in 



The district near the Southern salt pans. 

 Near the sea we see Conocarpus erecta, Avicennia nitida, Suriana 

 maritima and besides Salicornia ambigua and Sesuvium portula- 

 castrum; in other places we find whole masses of Metopium Brow- 

 nei, whose appearance reminds one of Hippomane bushes. At a 

 greater distance from the sea the Croton vegetation becomes more 

 prominent, Lantana involucrata being very conspicuous and pre- 

 dominating in some places. Cereus is not so conspicuous here, 

 but we find many Haematoxylon Brasiletto, Coccoloba diversifolia, 

 Antirrhoea acutata, Croton flavens, Waltheria americana, also 

 Jacquinia barbasco. All the shrubs here are low, however, and 

 widely distant. On the ground we find Euphorbia thymifolia,, 

 Paspalum glabrum, Aristida Swartziana, Eragrostis ciliaris. On other 

 spots Krameria ixina is more prevalent with Cordia cylindrostachya, 

 while Melocacti are again very numerous. The vegetation with 

 higher shrubs reminds us of the more elevated lime regions, of 

 which as a specimen we may take: 



The lower parts of the lime regions along the road 

 from Rincon to Kralendijk. 



A dense Croton vegetation, chiefly consisting of Beureriasucculenta, 

 Capparis jamaicensis, Bursera sumaruba, Prosopis juliflora, Haema- 

 toxylon Brasiletto, Crescentia Cujete, Cordia cylindrostachya, Cap- 

 paris Breynia, Bursera bonairensis, Jacquinia barbasco, Malpighia, 

 Eandia aculeata, Caesalpinia coriaria, while Sida, Eragrostis ciliaris, 

 Euphorbia thymifolia form the vegetation of the ground. In some 

 places we find Krameria ixina, while many Evolvulus occur with 

 Ipomoea among the other low plants. 



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