J. R. MALLOCH / 



RioTempisque. — The chief river of the Province of CJuanacaste 

 arisin<;- near the Xicaraguan frontier, flowing south and southeast- 

 wardly and emptying into the upper end of the Golfo de Xicoya. 

 At Filadelfia (formerly known as Siete (^ueros), where I collected 

 on January 18, 1910, the banks of the river were 30 feet al)ove the 

 water level, but at times (e. g., in October, 1908), we were told, 

 the river overflows them. Even at this month of January, some 

 miles further up stream, the river is too deep to be forded. The 

 banks of this part of the river are sandy and with scanty vege- 

 tation. The collections made on January 18, 1910, were from 

 a beach of mingled sand and small stones by the river side. Alti- 

 tude between 50 and 70 feet. 



Rio Tiribi.— May 10, 1909, on road from San Jose to La Ver- 

 bena, at altitude 3500 feet. 



San Isidro. — A small village four to five miles southwest of 

 C'artago, near the foothills of the mountains which bound the valley 

 of Guarco (in which Cartago lies) on the south. Character of the 

 country much like that of Cartago. 



Santa Cruz. — A town in the upper part of the peninsula of 

 Nicoya, Province of Guanacaste. Altitude about 200 feet. North 

 of the town, a few kilometers distant, on the road to Timpate, is 

 a forest in which collections were made on January- 27 and 28, 

 1910. This forest was quite dry at this time and there were very 

 few orchids, bromeliads, or other epiphytes. There was a great 

 variety in trees, both as to species and size, and much under- 

 growth both shrubs and herbs. Going north through this forest, 

 which is interrupted by a pasture where cattle were grazing, we 

 came to an open swamp, the Laguna Garzal, said to extend to the 

 Pio de la Canas. In the swamp is a spring of hot water (113° F.), 

 visited, said to be hot throughout the year. 



Tierra Blanca. — (See Toyogres.) 



Toyogres. — A small brook on the southern slope of Irazu. 

 Where the collection of April 6, 1910, was made, i.e.. where the brook 

 is crossed by the eastern road from Cartago t(j Tierra Blanca; 

 the altitude is 5000 feet; the brook flows through jiastures and is 

 bordered by bushes here and there. 



Turrucares. — Station on the Pacific Railroad, at altitude of 

 about 2200 feet, 32 kilometers west of San Jose. Rio Siquiares 

 was north of station, flowed through pastures, but was bordered 



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