here, aggravated by mosquito attacks and rains, that much of 

 my collecting had to be done. And it was here that the blos- 

 soming, shrubby Melastomaceae were so grand a sight that 



was near there where a few plants of the tall grass ChaetocUoa 



versed over that portion of French Guiana which forms the 

 island of Cayenne and upon which the capital, bearing the same 

 name is included. "Mango" and Badouel are sandy parts of 



place in the first instance, I was informed. Many plants of 

 interest are found hereabouts, Isertia, grasses, Scrophulariaceae 



hill, where a reservoir is to be seen, (b) the hill above Grant's 

 road and (c) another hill close to a rum distillery, parts of each 

 of the three being washed by the open sea. The vegetation is 



saw throughout my four months' visit. No Leiphaimos 



found on these forest-clad hills for the growth of such plants. 



just at this point, my number 799 (Helosis sp.) which had for 

 its home a place under dense shade at Matabon, and a climbing 



