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The nine regions used in the above comparison are not equally well 

 known; the affinity to an intensively studied region like Great Britain 

 is somewhat overstated, thai to s less thoroughly studied region, like 

 the Canaries, understated; l>ut some general indications may be ob- 

 tained. Perhaps the most striking is the distinctness of the Bermuda 

 flora, having only ll per cenl in common with Jamaica, and oof so 

 much in common with any of the others. Taking the three cla 

 represented, there is only one in which more than half the species are 

 common to another region, again Jamaica, which has 63 per cent of 

 the Bermuda brown algae. Taking all the regions, the similaril 

 greatest in the brown algae, least in the green. The affinities of the 

 Bermuda flora are evidently strongest with the Florida-West India 



region, next with the Mediterranean, and after that with more north- 

 ern localities. New England has probably the least in common with 

 Bermuda of all the regions compared, its slight numerical superiority 

 over the ( !anaries being probably due to the less thorough exploration 



of the latter. 



The Following list of important stations, with indication of the 

 characters of each, will, we think, be of use to future collectors; in a 

 region where the coast line is so long in proportion to the surface area, 

 many such stations must exist, but we think we have Listed the more 

 important ones. 



In this list of stations we aim to conduct our readers around the 

 whole island and point out the places where we have found certain 

 forms of algae most common. Driven in on all sides by the winds 

 one will find abundance of Sargassum natans "gulrweed" of which 

 the farmers make so profitable use as a fertilizer. This grows in mid- 

 ocean and is never found attached to the shores. Other species of 

 the same genus are found growing all about the island along with other 

 literal plants. Many other forms such as I'lra, Bryopsis, Caulerpa, 

 ('odium, Laurencza, Dictyota, Padina, Spyridia etc. will be found al- 

 most everywhere, and so will not require special mention. We will 

 start from Hamilton, ^ r oin,L, r west to Fairyland and (Irasmere; there 

 we shall find shallow water and abundance of plants. Breaking into 



the land opposite Avar's Island is a large bay; a- we first come to it 



on our left we shall find a large growth of mangrove trees among the 



roots of which in shallow water we will find abundance of the endemic 



Halymenia bermudensis, the loose, small form. Farther along in 



front of a cottage is rich collecting ground; another of the new plants, 



Chondria curvilineata occurs here, and very large masses of Vatonia 

 macropkysa; a larger form of the Halyrru nia was gathered in abundance 



