366 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [NOVEMBER 
campanulata, a large tree with reddish-orange flowers, from tropi- 
cal Africa, has become quite naturalized. The upas tree and the 
durian both grow in the garden, as well as the talipot or umbrella 
palm of Ceylon (Corypha umbraculifera), which has fan-shaped 
leaves twelve feet in diameter. 
The sea is only six miles off, where there is a large sheltered 
bay of shallow water, protected by a bold headland and small 
bays; here search may be made for marine alge. 
About a mile and a half from the village, by a road along 
the side of the gorge, we come to the famous bath dedicated to 
St. Thomas the apostle. It is a hot spring of mineral water, 
efficacious in rheumatic and gouty complaints. This gorge is an 
unfailing delight for its picturesque beauty, and the botanist 
finds something new at every step. There is a bridle path across 
the mountains to Port Antonio, sixteen miles distant by the 
Cuna-cuna pass. This pass is an easy ride of six and one-half 
miles from Bath through virgin forest. 
The forest commences close at the other side of the village. 
Most of it at one time or another has probably been cut for negro 
provision fields, but at a distance only of two or three miles 
undisturbed forest can easily be found, where the palm, Calypiro- 
gyne Swartzit, flourishes, its stems clothed with that rare tropical 
American fern Anetium citrifolium. The John Crow, or Blake 
mountains, are unknown land, and it is said that the Maroons 
alone penetrate into their fastnesses in hunting wild pig- 
Inspector Thomas of the Jamaica constabulary crossed them 4 
few years ago, and published an account of his expedition, but 
he is the only white man who is actually known to have 
ventured into them. These limestone mountains are of nail 
considerable elevation (about 2000 feet), and are only ten miles 
from Bath, seven miles of which can be ridden. They ought es 
prove a happy hunting ground for the botanist. There are speci- 
mens of two species of tree fern, Cyathea conquisita and C. el 
dula in the British Museum, collected by Nathaniel Wilson who 
lived at Mansfield, two miles from Bath, but they have never 
been found since, and it is quite possible that he may have come 
