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the higher elevations and the drive to Hardware Gap and return 
to Kingston is one of the most interesting and enjoyable in the 
West Indies. I had traversed it in the spring of this year * and 
was glad of the opportunity to see the same vegetation in the 
autumn; we collected specimens of a number of species not 
found in the spring, including the endemic air-plant Guzmania 
Faweettii, named in honor of the Hon. William Fawcett, late 
Director of Public Gardens and Plantations of Jamaica, and found 
berries, buttercups, sorrel and dock, these existing there owing 
to the cool climate to which they are accustomed at home. Just 
beyond Hardware Gap five kinds of tree ferns grow plentifully 
near the road. 
From Cedar Hurst we climbed up to Moody’s Gap, at about 
3,000 feet elevation. One of the most interesting plants found 
was the climbing aroid, Philodendron tripartitiun, growing on banks 
and trees, its three-parted leaves somewhat resembling those of 
jack-in-the-pulpit of our own woodlands, a plant of the same fam- 
, ily. I was glad to obtain this species for the collection of climbing 
aroids in conservatory house No. 4. Another conspicuous air- 
plant growing here is Gusmania capituligera, its large inflores- 
cence bearing numerous small clusters of flowers. Many orchids 
were obtained and the region is rich in rare and interesting ferns: 
and mosses, many species of which were collected. Two species. 
of wild Begonias were abundant and beautiful; the flora of this. 
region is very rich and diversified and more specimens were col- 
lected on this day than on any other of the trip ; the rainfall here: 
is high, but we were favored by perfect weather. 
Returning again to Constant Spring Hotel on September rr, 
some time was given to the care of the collections and to further 
studies at Hope Gardens. On September 13 a visit was made to 
the Red Hills near Constant Spring, but the next important base 
of work was Bath, near the eastern end of the island,in the Parish 
* See Journal New York Botanical Garden g: 81. 1908. 
