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isa relative of the sea grape or sea grape-tree (Coccolobis uvifera) 
a common tree of tropical American sea-coasts, extending north- 
ward to Florida and Bermuda, and like it has large clusters of 
edible fruits something like small plums, the branches resembling 
bunches of grapes 
uring the years 1847 to 1849 the Moravian minister Henry 
R. Wullschlaegel was stationed in Jamaica; he was an enthusi- 
astic botanical collector and discovered many plants new to sci- 
ence, some of which have not been found again, and are repre- 
sented in collections only in Europe; much of his work, both 
pastoral and botanical, was done in Manchester; Fairfield was 
one of his stations, and there we went in search of some of the 
varieties discovered by him; we were hospitably received by 
Bishop A. Westphal who gave us information about the district, 
which has been almost completely cleared of natural woodlan 
since the time of Wullschlaegel ; a few small tracts of ‘bush 
land”’ still exist, but an examination of them did not reveal any 
little leafless ground orchid, named in his honor Wnl/schlaegelia, 
but our search was fruitless, and this still remains one of the rarest | 
of Jamaican plants ; most of the other orchids of the island, enu- 
merating, large and small, some 180 species, are now represented 
in our collections, several additions having been made during this 
expedition ; in the study of these plants I am grateful to Mr. 
see mes of North Easton, Massachusetts, for aid and infor- 
i recently aaowe his valuable collection of mes 
ea e Garden,* and this is of great assistance in ou 
studies ; : a a number of duplicate specimens of orchids ie 
his herbarium. 
We returned to Kingston on September 7 and on September 
g made a new start by carriage to the mountains, our objective 
point being Cedar Hurst inthe Parish of Portland, the road cross- 
ing the range at Hardware Gap at an altitude a little over 4,000 
feet, and descending to Cedar Hurst at about 2,000 feet, the dis- 
tance being about 32 miles; beautiful mountain scenery is had at 
* See Journal New York Botanical Garden 8: 250. 1907. 
