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ur guides, apparently convinced of the theory of 
» Myrt € splay 
. ferns of all kinds. The manaca”” pa alm Sie i yptr ogyne ee 
legs in an with unpleasant irritatio 
oe some mn oe pen of us ia the feet and legs i 
were sufficient to produ uce it, for we were pve ioe 
f hem 
gatas,”’ or emp, feral ping 
over the boulders of Yara river or iar crossing the ae eaks 
of the Maestra, but not so good to walk among the pointed stems 
of the shrubs cut down to make the wa 
July 12. We left Sabicu Camp and preceded to the southeast, 
r main ridge. None of the ‘pra 
had yet gone to Pico Turquino, and from that place up to the 
summit, the only true guide was Dr. Ekman. Botanically, the 
_ peaks of that crest are moana and on one of them we col- 
" lected: a number of rare species such as Solonia reflexa, a genus 
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their flight hill where we ate our poe is at pilaes ca 
_ meters whence we turned west tward, crossing a regio: ere 
there are small clusters of pine with a ceaecene wht 
flowered Coccocypselum on the ground, alternating with ‘‘fan- 
