208 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



Found in Jamaica, 198 



Found in Virgin Islands, 149 



Found in Windward Islands, 161 



Found in Mexico and Central America, 153 



Found in South America, 153 



Widely distributed, 68 



Species not hitherto reported outside of the United States, 18 



Of these 18 species, 4 are limited to tropical Florida, the other 14 

 extend north of southern Florida. 



Of the plants apparently restricted to the United States and the 

 Bahamas, Dondia linearis was found only on New Providence; 

 Smilax auriculata, Vitis rolundifolia, Sabbatia campanulata, Eri- 

 geron quercifolium, and Jacquinia Keyensis were collected on both 

 islands while the following were found only on the island of Andros : 

 Iva imbricata, Eugenia longipes, Mimusops Floridana, Myrica ceri- 

 fera, Pluchea foetida, Salicornia Bigelovii, Poly gala Boykinii, Samolus 

 ebracteatus, Cynoctomum sessilifolia, Gerardia maritima, Gerardia pur- 

 purea, Pinguicula puniila. The last eight were confined to the 

 western side of Andros, growing on the savannas, the border of the 

 swash, or, in the case of the Pluchea, in damp spots in the pines. 

 Myrica cerifera is said by Gardiner and Dolley to have been intro- 

 duced from the United States. 



The three reported by Hitchcock as being confined to the United 

 States and the Bahamas are Xanthium strwnarium, Vitis rolundifolia, 

 and Dislichlis spicata (the last found only in Inagua). The Vitis, 

 he observes, may have been carried by birds, and the Smilax, Eugenia, 

 and Mimusops are probably due to the same agency. Many of our 

 seed-eating birds either spend their winters in the Bahamas or stop 

 there on their migrations. Catbirds and mocking birds, for instance, 

 were abundant on Andros during the winter and early spring. 



The plants mentioned above as being found on the savannas and 

 bordering the swash on the west side of Andros offer no inducements, 

 however, to seed-eating birds, the fruits being dry and inconspicuous 

 and the seeds in many cases minute. As has been noted before, the 

 west side of Andros is a paradise for water birds, and they are found 

 there in large numbers. Many of these birds, such as the great blue 

 heron {Ardea herodias), the little blue heron {Ardea ccerulea), and the 

 killdeer {Mgialitis vocifera), are regular winter visitors from the United 

 States. May it not be that some of these waders have at some 



