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formosissima. The edge is of a beautiful orange yellow, wavy 

 and has sometimes the appearance of being slightly torn. I, 

 described both these plants. People here eat both the blossom and 

 the fruit, which I learned to my disadvantage, because out of 

 four bundles of blossoms, two were eaten by the time we came 

 home. To-day the four English ships lying in the harbour 

 celebrated their king's birthday with many cannon shots. 



5. — I was again in this island, and obtained a remarkable 

 big species of Tradescantia, which 1 described. There were 

 many other kinds in blossom, but they had no fruit ; among 

 them were two kinds of Echites. 



I found a peculiar Epidendrum with blossoms and fruits, 

 and have called it for the moment Orchioideunt. 



In the afternoon I went back to Tarnah, where we arrived 

 late in the evening. 



6. — I went out to botanize and to search for insects. I 

 described a peculiar kind of small Polygala. I found a very 

 curious iflonandria which had an oblong narrow spike between 

 the middle leaves, but, as there were only five open blossoms 

 on three plants, I postponed the description. 



I obtained a Lacerta volans to-day, which 1 prepared for 

 drying. 



7. — I went out to botanize and to search for insects. I 

 obtained three kinds of Epidendra with blossoms, and described 

 them. I also found a Triandria, with a superior tristylei tlower, 

 it cannot be classified among Mr. Linne's classes; the leaves res- 

 emble those of the Vailisneria. 



A Lemur was brought to me to-day. It was of the size ot 

 a small cat ; the head was round, the mouth black withouf 

 whiskers. The tongue was broad at the end, rough on the sur- 

 face, and smooth underneath. Underneath the tongue there 

 was a small hinder tongue ; it was lancet-shaped, had stiff 

 straight fibres, was white, horny and much smaller than the real 

 tongue; at the root of the upper tongue it was spike-shaped. 

 The front teeth were all pointed ; one of them on each side was 

 longer in the upper jaw as well as in the lower one. It has 

 three pairs of grmders at each side. The eyes are round ; the 

 iris is rust-coloured and projecting, the pupil is only small. 

 Round the eyes there was a black ring of short hair. 



a. Aratochilus urc/ndous. 



