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has a largé number of species in Cuba, some of them forming large 
trees, called ‘roble’’ by the Cubans, the wood having somewhat 
the properties of oak. Our collections now include several un- 
described species of this genus, which is represented nearly 
throughout the West Indies and in South America. Both on the 
hillsides and in the arroyos, shrubs and low plants abound in 
great variety. Two shrubs of the pea family, both new to 
science and one of them apparently representing an undescribed 
genus, were among the prizes found here, and all together, speci- 
mens of some 200 different kinds of plants were collected during 
one week’s stay at Camaguey. 
Proceeding on April 8 to Santa Clara, two days were given to 
a restudy of the extensive palm-barrens and savannas in the 
vicinity of that city, and a number of plants previously collected 
here in incomplete condition were found in flower or in fruit, 
enabling us to classify some of them satisfactorily. We reached 
Havana on the morning of April 11 and in the afternoon of that 
day we visited El Parque Tropical, a park developed within the 
last few years under private auspices and containing many 
interesting plants, where we were cordially received by Don 
Ramén Magrifia, in company with Dr. Felipe Garcia Cafiizares, 
director of the Havana School Botanical Garden, and Brother 
Léon, of the Colegio de la Salle, both valued correspondents and 
coéperators in our Cuban studies. 
April 12 was given to a visit to the wet coastal savannas at 
Batabano, on the south coast, in company with Professor Carlos 
de la Torre, of the Havana University.. Here we found a flora 
with much in common with that of the Florida Everglades, in- 
cluding the Palmetto (Sabal Palmetto), the occurrence of which 
in Cuba had hitherto been uncertain. We sailed from Havana 
April 13 on S. S. “Saratoga,” reaching New York on April 16. 
All together, 932 different plants were collected during the 
expedition, including over 2,500 specimens, and the Garden's 
collections of living plants and museum and herbarium speci- 
mens have thus been greatly enriched. 
Respectfully submitted, 
N. L. Britr 
ran er TTON, 
Director-in-Chief. 
