140 
water numerous rocks project one third to one half mile from 
shore. Here I spent parts of two days looking for algae, but 
with little success, only six or eight species being obtained. 
drifting in along shore. Doubtless some of the many islands 
a few miles out in the bay would prove better collecting ground. 
Fic. 23. Porto Posada, the nearest port to Penonome. 
Another day was passed in climbing Ancon Hill, just outside 
of the town and 600 feet above the ocean. The hill is partly 
covered with rather small timber and brush, with grass-covered 
slopes intervening, but at this season the grass was dry and 
wn, while many of the trees and shrubs were more or less 
leafless and wilted from the hot sun. However, a few species 
were just coming into bloom, and quite a number of others were 
bearing fruit. Mosses and lichens, of the larger forms at least, 
were scarce, and I did not secure a specimen of either. 
On February 22, I boarded the small steamer ‘“‘ Cocle ” bound 
