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From this point we started onthe return journey. At a small 
point midway between Northwest Point and es ae 
Little Inagua, we made a landing to inspect a palm reported to 
us by Captain Mitchell as growing there, and which he called 
“silver thatch.” This proved to be Coccothrinax jucunda Sar- 
gent, another species first discovered in Florida. It occurred 
in considerable abundance. Living plants of this were also 
brought back. This palm grows in a sandy flat, just at the base 
of the scrub, which at this place rises abruptly for about 25 feet. 
and then spreads out into a plateau. Growing about in great pro- 
fusion were large masses of an Epidendron with extremely slender 
pseudobulbs and leaves. This occurred sometimes on the dr 
ot rock, at other times on the bases of the shrubs, but always 
near the ground. In juxtaposition to these were thriving plants 
of the Agave found in such quantities at Moujean Harbor. 
From here we proceeded to a point some six miles southwest 
of Northeast Point, Great Inagua, called Miner’s Tent. A start 
made from Miner's Tent, by a more or less defined trail 
ones the scrub, for a place called Balsam Hill, the only 
known locality on the island where the tree grows, called “ bal- 
sam” by Captain Mitchell. After tramping along this trail for 
and for the next mile or so it was slow progress indeed, every 
foot of the way requiring the use of the machete. Frequent en- 
counters with Mimosa Bahamensis Benth., the “haulback” of 
the natives, did not improve our ae. Balsam Hill was 
finally me iene “balsam” proving to be Clusia 
ite tropical regions, but certainly a rarity 
here. ee Mitchell pe us it grew nowhere else — cer- 
tainly we saw it in no other place. 
Captain Mitchell had been referring to a palm which the 
natives called ‘“ mountain cabbage,” and on this trip to Balsam 
Hill we saw it for the first time. What was my surprise and 
delight on finding it to be Pseudophoenix Sargentii H. Wendl, 
still another palm originally known from Florida. It gro 
considerable abundance scattered throughout the scrub, and fait 
here when six or eight feet high. Two living specimens were 
brought back with us. 
