﻿NO. 7 



SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I926 



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Michel ; Kalacroix, south of Atalaye Plantation ; and St. Raphael, 

 Dondon, and IMarmelade, to the north. In the regions of Kalacroix 

 and Marmelade the altitude was great enough to permit an abundant 

 growth of ferns. In climate and character of vegetation the region 

 of Kalacroix resembles in many respects that of Furcy, south of 

 Port au Prince, visited by Dr. Abbott and Mr. Leonard several years 

 before. In the rich valleys of both Kalacroix and Marmelade a great 

 deal of coffee is grown. On the low mountains, between the occasional 

 streams, one usually finds xerophilous grasses or thickets. In some 

 l)laces high cliffs and steep inclines of jagged lime rock, partially 

 covered by tangled vegetation, are the predominating features. 



Fu;. 130. — Three duiikey luads of guinea grass, Gros Mornc, Haiti. 



Dondon, a picturesque but somewhat inaccessible village, was next 

 chosen as a collecting base. It is near the famous Citadel, that stupen- 

 dous monument to futile effort erected with so much suffering and loss 

 of life as a final stronghold of Christ ophe, once Emperor of the 

 North. 



Lumbering possibilities in Haiti have long been a subject for 

 investigation. In the regions visited on this trip, timber did not seem 

 plentiful enough for profit. The common tree of the higher regions 

 is Pinus occidentalis; yet even it is scattered and of poor quality. 

 On the plains and foothills mahogany is fairly abundant, the trees 

 growing a considerable distance apart and owned, as a rule, by 

 individual landholders. Logwood is found mostly in dense thickets. 

 When the native finds a tree which has produced sufficient heartwood, 



