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side the pod, which does not spilt open. Our walk this day in- 
dicated one apparently practicable way of reaching the top of 
the John Crow Mountain range, which has never been visited by 
botanists.* We reached, at one time, an elevation in the hills of 
some 1,300 feet, and had a close view of part of the main range ; 
our guides pointed out a course which might be taken to reach 
the summit during dry weather, probably requiring camping only 
for two nights. It is probable that unknown plants exist at the 
higher elevations of this range, which runs nearly at right angles 
to the main mountain chain, and I hope that opportunity may 
come toexplore these mountains before our study of the Jamaica 
flora is completed. 
The last day at Bath was occupied by care of the collections, 
studies of the trees in the old botanical garden, a visit to the 
ravine above the baths and in attending an interesting meeting of 
the local branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, held to 
give the members an opportunity of meeting Mr. Cousins, Director 
of Agriculture. We drove back to Kingston on September Io, 
traversing the “inland road,” which took us through some inter- 
by us before were collected. Near Serge Island we found the 
Jamaica wild grape-vine (Its caribaea) in full fruit, the vine 
climbing to the top of a tall tree, the small grapes of a rather 
pleasant flavor; we came out on the main coastal road at Bel- 
videre and reached Constant Spring Hotel late in the evening. 
Mr. Harris and I devoted September 21 to 23 to another trip 
to the Parish of Manchester, the base being the hotel at Bloom- 
field, very near Mandeville, and extensive collections were made 
in the country north and northwest of that town, driving one day 
well north of the railway to Grove Hill. We again failed to see the 
elusive little orchid Wallschlaegelia, but found some of the other 
interesting plants collected by Wullschlaegel. The best thing 
discovered is a species of Dorstenia detected by Mr. Harris grow- 
ing on vertical limestone cliffs at Somerset. This peculiar genus 
of small herbaceous plants has leaves in tufts, and among them 
*See Journal New York Botanical Garden 7: 245. 1906. 
