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come next. The genus most largely represented is Ipomcea, of which 

 we collected 13 species; eight species of Cassia were found, and six 

 species each of Euphorbia, Coccolohis, and Tillandsia, while Passi- 

 flora and Eupatorium each have five species. As will be noticed, there 

 is a very large proportion of genera to the number of species, in the 

 majority of cases a genus being represented by but a single species. 



Of the plants collected a new Chara was described and published 

 by Dr. T. F. Allen, an Anastraphia by Mr. J. M. Greenman, of Cam- 

 bridge, a Jacquinia by Professor Mez, and new species of Ccesalpinia, 

 Phyllanthus, Reynosia, and Casearia by Professor 1. Urban, of Berlin 

 in " Symbolae Antillanae." In addition new species of Hymenocallis, 

 Aletris, Vanilla, Phoradendron, Pithecolobium, Cassia, Linum, Ery- 

 throxylon, Crossopetalum, Rhamnidium, Helicteres, Xylosma, Termi- 

 nalia, Heliotr opium, Tecoma, Catesbcea, Myrstiphyllum, Anguria, 

 Metastelma, and Eupatorium are described in this paper, as well as 

 two new genera of palms, Paurotis and Cyclospathe. The type 

 specimens are in the herbarium of Columbia University. Sets are also 

 at Kew, the Royal Botanical Garden at Berlin, the Gray Herbarium, 

 the Field Museum of Natural History, and Geneva. As far as I can 

 discover, the following genera have never before been reported from 

 the Bahamas : Coccothrinax, Inodes, Aletris, Vanilla, Broughtonia, 

 Polystachya, Cranichis, Limodorum, Hypoxis, Pedilanthus, Maba, 

 Mitreola, Voyria, Trianosperma, and Aster. 



My sincere thanks are due those who have assisted me in the 

 preparation of this report, especially to the following specialists who 

 kindly determined the cryptogams : Mr. Frank S. Collins, of Maiden, 

 Mass., the algae; Dr. Albert Schneider the lichens; Professor Lucien 

 M. Underwood the fungi ; Mrs. Elizabeth G. Britton the mosses ; and 

 Professor D. C. Eaton who determined a number of the doubtful ferns 

 in 1890. The report on the palms has been prepared by Mr. O. F. 

 Cook, of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, to whom I here 

 wish to express my obligations. Dr. Nathaniel L. Britton and Mr. 

 George V. Nash kindly named the grasses, and Dr. Britton the sedges. 

 I am also greatly indebted to Dr. Britton for advice on many points 

 and for his kindness in comparing and identifying a number of our 

 plants at Kew in 1891, also to him and to Dr. John K. Small for revis- 

 ing the nomenclature in many instances, and to Professor Underwood 

 for revising the names of the ferns and other kindly assistance. A 



