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ose name for the plant is ‘‘ palma co : were so much 
interested in this rare tree that three cea expeditions were 
made to its localities and three valleys containing it were visited; 
by the aid of friendly Cubanos, a team composed of a cow and a 
young bull drawing a wooden drag, an abundant supply of the 
trunks was brought out from the hills and transported by cart 
to the city and subsequently shipped to the Garden, the largest 
taken being seven or eight feet tall 
From the city of Pinar del Rio trips were made in several 
directions. On March 4 and 5 we explored the limestone Sierra 
and river valley at Guane, the terminus of the railroad. The 
flora of the Sierra is similar to that of the mountains near Vifiales, 
visited last September, but with a number of additional elements; 
the same little Agave, identified by Professor Trelease as A. 
Wildringti, was abundant, as well as the slender mountain palm, 
Gaussia princeps. The most attractive floral feature at the time 
of our visit was a small tree of the genus Tecoma, flowering freely 
while essentially devoid of leaves, the large light pink flowers 
conspicuous against the steep dry rocky slopes. The water-fall 
of the Rio Portales was very attractive and the rocks were clothed 
with a variety of small plants, among these, a white-flowered 
Aster, jae resembling some of our numerous northern species; 
ee species of palms were abundant in the vicinity. On Marc 
7 i. river swamps in the vicinity of Galafre were explored; here 
we were especially interested in a beautiful wild fig (Féczus), 
its leaves with nearly white vcins, making it apparently desirable 
for ornamental greenhouse cultivation; we subsequently observed 
this tree at other points and obtained ripe seeds which we hope 
will germinate. 
Leaving Mrs. Britton at Pinar del Rio, to care for the collections 
Mr. Cowell and I made two trips on a fishing schooner on the 
south coast, from the little port of Coloma. The first of these 
was made on March 1 and 2 to Cayo Real, an island of an archi- 
pelago some aoe miles south. We found this cay, however, to 
be composed wholly of sand-dunes and mangrove swamps with 
the ordinary vegetation of such formations, but our disappoint- 
ment was much modified in returning from Coloma to Pinar del 
