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Bay, finding several species ‘io previously collected, among them 
a beautiful cluster of Pleurotus and large sporophores of what 
appeared to be Fomes auberianus growing from the side of an 
irrigation ditch in a banana-field, just as it normally grows from 
a decayed log. The very large percentage of dead organic mat- 
ter in the soil probably pane for this peculiar habitat. 
Fic, 3. Fruit and foliage of ackee, Blighia oo al Gardens, Jamaica, 
Photographed by Dr. M. How 
On Saturday, December 19, the collections in hand were 
completely dried, packed and shipped to New York by one of 
the United Fruit Company’s steamers, through the kindness of 
Mr. Carter. The next morning at six o’clock we left Port 
Antonio by train for Kingston, arriving at the Constant Spring 
Hotel about noon 
On Monday, December 21, we drove to Newcastle, 3.719 feet 
above sea-level, in the forenoon, and, after a basket-lunch ‘there, 
