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posal and permitted us to use some of his men as guides and 
bearers ; this excellent base is located on the eastern slope of the 
southern end of the John Crow Mountains at an altitude shown 
by the aneroid barometer to be about 1,600 feet, at a clearing in 
the primeval forest; although not more than five miles distant 
from our camp of the previous week, the forest trees and other 
plants were quite different, well ae the peculiarly local 
distribution of many elements of the West Indian flora, associated 
with different exposures, annual rainfall, ace altitu st 
noteworthy tree is,a magnificent fan-leaved palm i the genus 
Thrinax, with leaves of young plants over Io feet in diameter, the 
old trees with trunks up to 60 feet high or perhaps even higher 
and nearly a foot in diameter, truly the monarch of the genus, 
a splendid addition to our knowledge of it; a fine spider-lily 
(Hy menacallis) with large white flowers was abundant and the 
tree Lunania racemosa, with long drooping clusters of small 
flowers, was of special interest, because it had not been seen by 
botanists for many years. e had rain at Commander Hall’s 
camp, but not enough to interfere seriously with fem and 
by sending bearers out with the specimens to Mrs. Britton at 
Bowden, everything obtained was safely preserved. 
The upper slopes and crest of the John Crow Range may be 
reached from this camp by cutting a trail through the forest; 
Commander Hall cordially assented to a suggestion that such a 
path be made through his extensive forest lands at some future 
time, to enable botanists to go still further into this fascinating 
wilderness ; the large number of new and rare species found by 
us within a few miles of his camp is evidence that many more 
await the botanical explorer in the more distant parts of this 
forest. Camp “ Thrinax Rex” thus becomes of much botanical 
importance, and we are grateful to Commander Hall for facilitating 
our work. 
March 12 was taken up in packing the collections and in wnt- 
ing up the note-books. While at Bowden our operations were 
facilitated by Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kilburn, of the Peak View 
Hotel, and by Mr. C. C. Langlois, manager of the United Fruit 
Company ; they have our gratitude for their kind codperation. 
