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{Acacia arhorea,) the Fiddle-ivood, {Cytharexylon caudatum,) 

 the Yoke-wood, [Bignonia leiicoxylon,) &c. Several of our" 

 Fruit-trees were also common, such as the Avocada Pear, 

 [Laurus Persea,) and the different species o^ 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 

 to be 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 Dendrohium 

 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. hul- 

 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. 



Vanda 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 furnished at the mouth with a 

 tooth on each side of the origin of the leaf. 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, subaequal, oblongo-lanceolate, acute. L.abellum 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 

 spur is immediately beneath the receptacle of the jPo//e«-masses. Capsule two-thirds 

 of an inch long, oblong-roundish. Seeds numerous. — Flowers throughout the 

 year. — Hab. The Vale of Guanaboa. 



f Panicum aristatum j — Spikes panicled, subverticillate, about three together, 



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