lil 
Proceeding by rail to San Luis, north of Santiago, on the 
morning of April 2, the afternoon was given to collecting in the 
hills a few miles to the south, and a valley in natural woodlands 
yielded us specimens of many species, including several kinds 
of maiden-hair ferns (Adtantum), mosses, and fungi. Traveling 
east by rail we stopped over a day at the picturesque old city o 
Camaguey, and devoted it to collecting and photographing in the 
interesting palm barren at Santayana, a few miles east, where 
Fic. 24. Copernicia in palm barren, Santayana, Cuba. 
specimens of seventy-five species not seen elsewhere were ob- 
tained. The Hotel Camaguey, located in old Spanish cavalry 
barracks, is a delightful and unique hostelry operated by the 
Cuba Railroad Company. 
n order to obtain plants and specimens illustrating the flora of 
northern Cuba, I had detailed Dr. J. A. Shafer, Museum Cus- 
todian, in January, to work in the vicinity of Nuevitas and other 
parts on the north coast and, in response to a telegram, he met 
