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e last day was given to a trip to Vega Baja, west of San Juan, 

 ially for the study of the remarkable Hume palm {Aeria 

 mta), which grows abundantly on the limestone hills in that 

 n, a very slender species, reaching at least forty feet in height, 

 a trunk little if any more than eight inches thick, crowned 



insignificant tuft of only five or six short pinnate 

 ves ; its yellow oblong fruits are borne in drooping clusters 

 t under the leaves ; the tufts of foliage are elevated well above 

 : surrounding hardwood tree, giving the rocky ridges a very 



