THE BAHAMA ISLANDS Xxiii 



PLATE. FACING PAGE. 



XXXVI. Views Illustrating Vegetation 204 



Fig. 1. — Lignum Vltse Trees (Guaiacum sanctum), Showing 



the Effect of Prevailing Winds, Clarence Harbor. 

 Fig. 2. — Sand-box Tree (Sura crepitans), Nassau. 



XXXVII. Views Illustrating Vegetation 210 



Fig. 1.— Vegetation of a Fresh Water Marsh with Thatch 



Palm (Inodes •palmetto) in Center, New Providence. 

 Fig. 2. — Forest Showing Pines with " May-pole " Fern 

 (Pteridium caudatum) beneath, Abaco. 



XXXVIII. Views Illustrating Vegetation 216 



Fig. 1. — Typical High Coppice in the Interior of New 



Providence. 

 Fig. 2. — Mixed Growth of Pines, Silver Palms ( Thrinax ba- 



hamensis) and Deciduous Trees, New Providence. 



XXXIX. Views Illustrating Vegetation 222 



Fig. 1. — Logwood Tree (Hcematoxylon campechianum) , Cur- 

 rent Settlement, Bleuthera. 

 Fig. 2. — Fig Tree (Fious jacquinifolia) in Center, Man- 

 grove Cay, Andros. 



XL. Views Illustrating Vegetation 228 



Fig. 1. — "Bamboo Tree" {Agave rigida), Gregory Town, 



Eleuthera. 

 Fig. 2. — Epiphytic Plant ( Tillandsia recurvata) on Strump- 



fia maritima in an open Brackish Flat, Nassau. 



XLI. Views Illustrating Vegetation 234 



Fig. 1. — Pigeon Plum Tree {GoccoloMs laurifoUa), Clarence 



Harbor, Long Island. 

 Fig. 2. — Mangrove Trees {RMeephora mangle), Great Lake, 



Watlings Island. 



XLII. Views Illustrating Vegetation 240 



Fig. l.^Vegetation on Rocky Coast, New Providence. 

 Fig. 2.— Vegetation on Sandy Shore, New Providence. 



XLIII. Views Illustrating Vegetation 246 



Fig. 1. — Vegetation on Sandy and Rocky Shore, Watlings 



Island. 

 Fig. 2. — Vegetation on Rocky Beacli, Watlings Island. 



XLIV. Views Illustrating Vegetation 252 



Fig. 1. — Vegetation on Sandy Beach, New Providence. 

 Fig. 2. — Vegetation on Sandy Beach, Green Cay. 



XLV. Views Illustrating Vegetation 258 



Fig. 1. — ^White Lilies {Hymenocallis arenicola) in Flower, 



West Shore, Eleuthera. 

 Fig. 2. — ^Vegetation on Rocky Shore, near Clarence Harbor, 



Long Island. 



XLVI. Views Illustrating Vegetation 264 



Fig. 1. — Vegetation on Border of Salt Pan, Rum Cay. 

 Fig. 2. — ^Vegetation in Meadow, Water Cay, Long Island. 



