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creased the difficulty of caring for the material, as it was nec- 

 essary to dry much of it in the open air, while the boldness of 

 various domestic animals and the simple curiosity of the na- 

 tives likewise proved annoying at times. 



The collections which were brought from the island may 

 be summarized as follows: 



Phancrogamia — 300 species, represented by about 2,000 

 specimens. In addition to these the dried seeds and 

 fruits of more than 200 of the species were taken. 

 Filices — 18 species represented by numerous specimens^ 

 Musci — only a few specimens and species. 

 PolyporecR — about 25 species and numerous specimens. 

 Pyrenomycetes — about 20 species represented by numer- 

 ous specimens. 

 Specimens of a number of other species of Fungi were 



also collected. 

 Myxomycetes — numerous specimens belonging to 15 spe- 

 cies. 

 In addition to these about 100 species of Coleoptcra, 30 spe- 

 cies of MoUusca^ and a few specimens representing other 

 groups, were taken from the island. 



The profitable, and for that reason pleasant, sojourn on 

 Ometepe was terminated February loth, when the party left 

 for Castillo Viejo by way of Ft. San Carlos. 



San Carlos. 



Three visits in all were made to San Carlos, and while only 

 a short stop was made during each of these, and compara- 

 tively few additions were made to the collections, the point 

 offers certain advantages to the collector a brief discussion of 

 which may be of interest. 



San Carlos, village and fort, is located on a somewhat ele- 

 vated ridge which forms a rather narrow point running out 

 between the left bank of the San Juan River and Lake Nica- 

 ragua, at the outlet of the lake. On either side the ridge 

 slopes somewhat irregularly to the swamps which here line 



