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the time of our visit. A number of attractive orchids inhabited 
the trees, the most conspicuous being an orange-flowered Cyr- 
topodium. The schooner provided convenient transportation 
for bales and boxes of living plants, and all the collections made 
were safely transported to Coloma and then by cart to Pinar del 
Rio, the only trying feature of the trip being the beat to windward 
in returning, this necessitating three times as many hours as 
the run before the trade wind took in sailing westward. 
During our absence on the Corrientes expedition, Mrs. Britton 
Dr. and Sefiora Cuesta had made a number of interesting 
eae in the vicinity of Pinar a Rio, and March 16, 17 and 
18 were given to further exploration work along streams in the 
vicinity of that city. On March 19 all the collections made were 
packed, taken with us to Havana on March 20, shipped to 
New York, and we proceeded the same day to the city of Santa 
Clara, in order to obtain some additional observations and col- 
lections of plants of that province, studied by us on a previous 
trip.* 
A considerable number of species of shrubs and trees were 
found in flower in the vicinity of Santa Clara, especially along 
water courses, different from those previously obtained by us. 
Fruiting 2s of the Agave abundant on the rocky hills 
t the material of this species collected 
last year. A note acai floral feautre in the palm barren at 
Santa Clara was a beautiful blue-flowered shrub of the genus 
Jacaranda in the Bignonia Family, and an abundant supply 
of this was collected; it appears to be quite unknown to botanists 
and was one of the most interesting species observed during our 
trip. 
In order to obtain a rare palm growing on the banks of the 
Rio Damuji at Cienfuegos Bay, Mr. Cowell, Professor Earle 
and I proceeded to Cienfuegos and, by using a small river steamer, 
succeeded in obtaining a number of trunks and very perfect 
flowering specimens. A palm of the genus Paurotis grows on 
the border of a bog in great abundance, together with a number of 
other interesting plants; using the same river steamer, we pro- 
*See Journal N. Y. Bot. Gard. 11: 109-117. Igt0. 
