156 
with a blackened surface, but crumbling under one’s weight. 
Shrubs usually growing upright in the lee of such masses were of 
the same species as the straggling and contorted ones exposed to 
the wind. The sea-grape, Coccolobis Uvifera, was very abundant 
here, but it was by no means the predominating feature. A 
Coccothrinax, apparently the same species as observed elsewhere, 
was very abundant. Eastward of the former channel the sand 
was less disturbed and rather more barren, although several 
fresh-water lagoons occur here, these being a source of consider- 
able disappointment as they were apparently barren of all'plant- 
life and scarcely’ anything grew on their ever-changing margins. 
Leaving here during the afternoon we sailed around the southern 
fuel, and specimens of a shrub not observed elsewhere were 
secured. Sail was then set for Pueblo Romano, where a stop was 
made early in the afternoon to inquire about a large savanna said 
to exist to the south of the hills previously examined, but indefi- 
nite information and the inability to secure a satisfactory guide 
led me to abandon the idea of further investigation, so we em- 
barked for Tiffin landing which, by sailing throughout most of 
the night, was reached early Saturday morning, October 30. 
” The curing of the collections, which had received several 
soakings, and their packing for shipment required most of the 
time until November 6, when a start was made on the 
third cruise, which was intended to encircle Cayo Guajaba. 
Fortunately, Mr. E. G. Franks, owner of the ‘Albertia,’? who 
ad taken me about Nuevitas Bay and the Sabinal so satisfac- 
torily the previous winter, found it convenient to take charge 
of the boat. Mr. Carl Schrickle, of Tiffin, also volunteered to 
go along, so that the party consisted of four persons. Weather 
conditions were against us from the start, so that we were com- 
pelled to tie up to the mangroves several times for protection 
before we reached the first landing place on the bay side of 
Guajaba, at the foot of the range of hills that cross the island in 
a northerly direction. These are low lime rock ridges; their 
