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all went on foot, for the purpose 7 pa in the savannas 
and raid swooded hills along the way. When we re sip ie 
del Cerro, we were much nee to ys the presence of 
ele ee of Pinar del Rio savannas, such a eee * Neesii 
Sporobolus cubensis, and also Bursoninia verbascifo lia of Isle of 
Pines, together with many hybrids of this species with B. 
crassifolia. Finally, we reached Nagua late in the afternoon, 
receiving cordial! hospitality at — na of D. Joaquin Rio, as 
soon as we let him know our pur 
The day after we thought it eae while to go back to Sabana 
s, found 
and a tre robably new . science, from Zabala 
hill were ne nie rare dhangs encountered. A storm of unusual 
violence made our return somewhat difficult, several rivulets 
bio suddenly ee d into swift rivers. 
n July 8th all the party crossed Yara river, near our head- 
Pe in Guayabal de Nagua, in order to visit the low Muca- 
so h re species, as for instance a Dorstenia unknown to 
us, Triscenia ovina, and others ehind home, we found 
also large clumps of Tripsacum dactyloides, a > of the grass 
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family not yet detected in Cuba, and at the same place the rare 
Psychotria auriculata collected He once, . Charles ey 
In the meantime, everything was ploise for a stay _ abou 
three weeks in the mountains, far fro yy habitation, se: 
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times they remained necessarily four, five or even seven days 
without being put in the press and sometimes were injured by 
rain. 
On July to we started from Guayabal de Nagua, and to 
avoid Yara river below its chief tributary, the Nagua, swollen 
