530 Taylor .—Endemism in the Bahama Flora . 
Dichromena has only one other Bahamian species, D. color ata , which is 
widely distributed both throughout the archipelago, on the. mainland, 
and in the larger West Indies. It is found on Inagua, and must be 
the parent or source of the endemic D. inaguensis. 
Agave has eight native species in the Bahamas, all endemics, which are 
scattered over the archipelago thus : . 
A. inaguensis on Little Inagua and on Caicos. 
A. bahamana on several islands, all on Great Bahama Bank. 
A. Millspaughii , confined to Great Exuma. 
A. cacozela , confined to New Providence. 
A. acklinicola , confined to Acklin Island. 
A. indagatorum , confined to Watlings Island. 
A. Braceana , on Abaco, Great Bahama, and doubtfully on Andros. 
Encyclia has eight species in the Bahamas, with only one other endemic, 
E. bahamensis , which is found nearly throughout the archipelago 
and also on Inagua. E.diurna and E.plicata, both widely distributed 
in the Bahamas and elsewhere, are also found on Inagua. It is diffi- 
cult to avoid the conclusion that from these three Encyclias, known 
to grow on Inagua, the endemic E. inaguensis has been derived. 
Heliotropium has ten species in the Bahamas, of which five are endemic. 
Of these endemics only tw 7 o others are known on Inagua, while three 
common Bahamian Heliotropiums are also found there. 
Lantana has six species in the Bahamas, two of which are endemic. 
L. demutata is an endemic confined to the islands on the Great 
Bahama Bank. On Inagua are recorded L . Camara and L. involu - 
crata , from the latter of which L. balsamifera may be safely assumed 
to have been derived, as it is a plant of wide distribution nearly 
throughout the West Indies. 
Nashia has only a single species in the Bahamas, the endemic 
N. inaguensis , confined to that island. Two other species are known 
in the larger West Indies. 
Guettarda has six Bahamian species, with all its three endemics confined 
to Inagua. The other three species, all found on Inagua also, are of 
wide distribution both in the Bahamas, the Florida mainland, and in 
the West Indies. 
Ernodea has six Bahamian species, four of which are endemic. Two of 
these endemics are unknown on Inagua, but E. littoralis , a species 
of wide distribution, is common there. E. Nashii and E. Taylori 
must have been derived from it, for these comprise all the Ernodeas 
known on the island. 
Borreria has eight species in the Bahamas, six of which are endemics. 
Of these endemics B. savannarum and B. bahamensis are found on 
Inagua as well as other islands, while the only widely distributed 
species found on the island is B. laevis. 
