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(Acacia arborea,) the Fiddle-wood, (Cytharexylon caudatum, ) 
the Yoke-wood, (Bignonia leucoxylon,) &c. Several of our 
Fruit-trees were also common, such as the Avocada Pear, 
(Laurus Persea,) and the different species of Annona. 
We now reached the point where'the Vale of Guanaboa 
comes into sight. Having as yet passed through a district, 
which, with the exception of some pasture-land, may be said 
tobe uncultivated, the Vale, partly covered with canes, and 
divided into grass-pieces, presenting a continual verdure, 
appeared more beautiful than it would otherwise have done. 
In a pond at Aylmer’s Estate, I observed the Little Grebe, 
(Podiceps minor,) along with the Wild Duck, (Anas Bos- 
chas,) and the Teal, (A. Dominica.) On the fences of this 
district, which are of Logwood, we remarked the Dendrobium 
utricularioides, the Limodorum filiforme, and a species of 
Vanda,* (Sarcanthus of Lindley.) Along with them grew 
a Tillandsia, agreeing, in many points, with the T. bul- 
bosa, (Hooker.) On the borders of the ponds, which are 
common in this neighbourhood, grew the Panicum Myurum, 
and another species, a short notice of which is subjoined. f 
* As I have not seen specimens to enable me to determine the genus of this 
Orchideous plant, I shall merely give the account of it as communicated by Dr. 
Macfadyen.— Ed. : 
Vanpa sp.? Leaves bifid at the apex sheathing, with the sheaths bidentate. 
Descr.— Root of many, round, white, cord-like fibres, arising, for the most 
part, from different points of the stem and the axils of the racemes, Stem about 
6 inches long, reddish, compressed, jointed, leafy. Leaves alternate, distichous, 
sheathing, oblong, attenuated at the base, emarginato-bifid at the apex, with one 
of the divisions shorter than’ the other. Sheaths farnished at the mouth with a 
‘tooth on each side of the origin of theleaf. Flower-spikes or racemes arising from 
the joints of the stem, immediately under the leaves, spreading horizontally. 
Flowers secund, bi-serial, white, tinged with red, subsessile. Bracteas minute, 
ovate, acute. Petals 6, subequal, oblongo-lanceolate, acute. Labellum resembling 
the petals in form, with 2 expansions at the base, by means of which it embraces 
the column, prolonged anteriorly into a spur, which is longer than the germen, 
gibbous. _Anther terminal, operculated, deciduous. The cavity leading into the 
spar is immediately beneath the receptacle of the pollen-masses. Capsule two-thirds 
s an inch long, oblong-roundish. Seeds numerous. —Ftoweas throughout the 
year.—Haz. The Vale of Guanaboa. r 
+ Panicum anisrATUM ;—Spikes panicled, subverticillate, about three together, 
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