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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Fodocarijus T'rke and Tree Fekx besbx with Efipiiytic Buomeliads and Ferns. 



Mabess Valley, we find a region of much higher temperature and of still 

 more constant rainfall. Here the vegetation becomes even more luxuri- 

 ant, and, though made up of similar vegetational types, it includes many 

 new species of ferns, like Rhipidopteris peltata and Lygodium vohihile. 

 There are high-perched tufts of brilliant Pitcairnias on the ledges. 

 Carina and its relative Heliconia, with the thatch palm, Geonoma, grow 

 along the stream, while clumps of the beautiful Eubiaceous shrub, 

 Cephaelis punicea, are scattered on the slopes higher up. 



On climbing the high peaks near Cinchona, such as John Crow, on 

 the west, or Sir John and Blue Mountain Peak, on the east, one finds 

 still other interesting and novel vegetational features to enlist the at- 

 tention. The trees on the ridges are bent and twisted. The more or less 



