Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . ^ not have known that they were edible or theymay have been so scarce that they were of no importance to Figure 34.—Bermuda Maiden-hair Fern (Adkintum belhim). The list of existing flowering plants and ferns, believed bythe writer to have been native of the islands before their settle-ment, includes about 150 species ; of which 22 species are ferns. Ofthe whole nnnd:)er, about 120 species are also native of the WestIndies. a.— Endemic Plants. Five flowering plants and three ferns are generally believed to beendemic, since th
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . ^ not have known that they were edible or theymay have been so scarce that they were of no importance to Figure 34.—Bermuda Maiden-hair Fern (Adkintum belhim). The list of existing flowering plants and ferns, believed bythe writer to have been native of the islands before their settle-ment, includes about 150 species ; of which 22 species are ferns. Ofthe whole nnnd:)er, about 120 species are also native of the WestIndies. a.— Endemic Plants. Five flowering plants and three ferns are generally believed to beendemic, since they have not yet been found elsewhere, but some ofthese may eventually be found in the West Indies, when those islandsshall have been fully explored botanically. Yet it is possible thatsome of them, which may have originated in the West Indies, have * The Sea-side Grape (Coccoloba uvifera) and the Mijglnda rhacoma bearberries that are said to be edible, but perhaps not verj- palatable. These aresupposed to be indigenous, though neither is raentioned by early writers. 5Y4 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. been exterminated there, by human agency, before disappear
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