100 Sarrorp: Nores of A NATURALIST AFLOAT—V 
beach, with stems almost a hundred feet long; and near 
_ the beach are thickets of the prickly catsclaws (Guil- 
ae — that bear the hard polished gray nicker- 
oo oe the rocky cliffs the vegetation is of a more xero- 
phytic character, including species of Agave, Cactaceae, 
the thick-stemmed lactiferous Plumeria alba, belonging 
to the Apocynaceae, with large white jasminelike flowers; 
and Jacquinia armillaris, called baysallie or bracelet 
wood, which has evergreen glossy leaves, clusters of bright 
: red flowers | and yellow fruits, the seeds of which are 
- strung into bracelets and necklaces. 
_ ‘The mangrove formations are composed of the same 
ies as those noticed on the islands of Porto Rico, 
, and on the Florida Keys. Farther inland, 
‘growing | moist situations, occur Bucida buceras, here 
whic valuable timber; and Annona — 
fruit of whieh i is here called monkey apple 
: — bait for wv snappers and other 
t tions: the vegetation is often SoD o 
bus he ae s : 
like eascarilla and. the copalchi bark oo a 
and are > used for the. same purposes. The com- 
s ibh be be 
