210 FLORA OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND ANDROS 



Species common to both islands, 

 Species reported from Eleuthera, 

 Cat Island, 



153 

 98 



79 

 79 

 88 

 18 



Crooked and Fortune islands, 



Inagua, 



Watlings, 



(The above data for plants reported from the islands other than 

 Ne^Y Providence and Andros were taken from Hitchcock's Report.) 



In addition to the plants collected by us in New Providence 

 and Andros, Professor Hitchcock lists in his report 148 more, col- 

 lected from the various islands of the group. Of these 36 are grasses 

 and 30 are widely distributed or introduced species, while Epidendrum 

 altissimum, Mimosa Bahamensis, Croton Eleuteria, Croton Hjalmar- 

 sonii, Pavonia Bahamensis, SiJid' Eragrostis Bahamensis are endemic, 

 making a total of forty endemic species in the Bahama Islands. The 

 last two had been previously undescribed. 



The Bahama pine {Pinus Bahamensis), so abundant on New 

 Providence and Andros, is confined entirely to the northern islands 

 of the group, being found in addition only on Abaco, Bahama, and 

 the Berry islands, the first two being on the Little Bahama Bank, and 

 the latter a series of small cays on the Great Bahama Bank north of 

 Andros. 



Although, as we have seen, New Providence and Andros have 

 many plants in common, some interesting points of difference were 

 noted. The numerous introduced plants so common about Nassau, 

 as Argemone Mexicana, Asclepias Curassavica, Ahrus precatorius, 

 Bidens leucantha, Ageratum conyzoides, etc., were, of course, entirely 

 wanting on Andros, but, on the other hand, Aristolochiaceae, Cacta- 

 ceae, Polygalacese, and Loranthaceas were not seen on New Provi- 

 dence while represented by two or three species each on Andros. 

 Passiflora pectinata, while very common in the pines on x\ndros (also 

 reported from Turk's Island by Grisebach), was not found on New 

 Providence, as was also the case with Hymenocallis arenicola, the 

 latter growing luxuriantly on many of the sandy beaches of the 

 former island. 



Among the interesting plants found on Andros that have not 



Notes on the Local Distribution 



