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In walking through the plaza noticed some beautiful rose-colored 

 amaryllis {Zej^hyranthes rosea), near a pagoda-like summer-house 

 thatched with Nipa palm leaflets. The walks in the plaza bordered 

 with beautiful white-flowered spider-lilies, or " sea daffodils " {Hymen- 

 ocallis littoralis). (Plate XXI, Fig 1.) Among the trees growing in the 

 plaza noticed Pifhecolohium didce, Adenanthera pavonina, Terminalia ca- 

 tappa, and some high-growing bushes of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. In front 

 of the i\.lmacen, or military store-house, saw a number of old cannon, 

 "wdth pyramidal piles of spherical projectiles. The wheels of many of the 

 carriages almost falling to pieces. (Plate XXII.) Near the door of 

 the Almacen a symetrical orange tree not now in fruit. In the Pal- 

 ace garden many ornamental Codiaeiims, with yellow and green and 

 red foliage; dark red, or rather purplish, Eranthemums ; variegated 

 Graptopliyllum hortense, and ornamental Araliaceae. The air fragrant 

 with the perfume of the Ilang-ilang {Gananga odorata), of which 

 there are two trees in the garden. Garden surrounded by high 

 picket fence of wood with obelisk-shaped posts of masonry. Be- 

 hind the palace a broad terrace on a level with the second story, ap- 

 proached by stone steps, with pedestals along the edge for pots of 

 ornamental plants. (Plate XXIII.) In the yard behind the Palace 

 lemon trees, Morinda citrifolia (the roots of which are an important 

 dye-stuff), and Anona squamosa, the "sweet-sop," or sugar apple, 

 here called Atis. Near the fence two trees of Carica papaya, 

 the fruit of which is smaller than I have seen in Samoa and 

 tropical America. Visited the Presidio, or penitentiary, formerly used 

 as a place of confinement for convicts sent here from Spain and the 

 Philippines. This is behind the Palace. "Windows closed by iron bars ; 

 sentry-box of masonry near the wall with dome-shaped top; native 

 soldier of Insular Artillery (in reality it is an infantry company) in ap- 

 propriate uniform of cotton stuff and straw hat, saluted as I passed ; 

 beyond this a line of graceful bamboos. (Pate XXI, Fig. 2). Crossed the 

 field behind the Palace ; noticed many widely spread tropical weeds, 

 Asclepias curassavica, Indigofera, tiiwtoria. Acacia farnesiava, and a spe- 

 cies of Gesti~u,m yfiih dark purple berries, called T^ir? ton- OAwia, or "Chi- 

 nese ink," by the natives. On the stone wall bounding the field noticed a 

 Banj'^an tree growing (Ficus sp.), its snake-like roots clasping the wall, 

 and then entering the ground. Seed probably dropped on wall by a bird. 

 Usually the Nunu, as it is called by the natives, begins its life as a par- 

 asite on some other tree, which it strangles to death. Where the roots 

 cross one another they grow together. From the limbs thread-like 

 roots hang down, Avhicli finally enter the ground and become support- 

 ing props. Thus a single tree will take the appearance of a grove. My 

 secretary says that the natives believed in the olden times that these 

 Nunu trees were the abode of Aniti, or spirits, and that many of them 



