A UOTANIST’s ilAAlin.K IN ('KN'l'Il L AMKIUCA ; 
Chapter II.T. 
,>rjruh~- Arom^—Fbvm—The Pefioh Palm (Gmlielmti spedosa) Conjirmcithm of 
Jumaicn Plaiits-Bnmiiinfs P/atj/scopw £ms-Laboi‘ Qoof wn -Palms- ^ 
"^Arpoo'' — llw 'Alaamid jPrial Moots of Character of Coast Rochs, . t)C. 
Wkqj Snalie — Blunt Instruments^ used to destroy Snahes Boons- del- lor a 
Brassm'ola Itodosa — ^Pndian InhP 
The most plentiful orchid met with in our wanderings, was 
Catasetuai tridExA'tatuai, Hook. There were numerous other 
species, but as the generality of tnem were not in floAsci, they 
were not so attractive as they would probably be at other seasons. 
The Aroidje were v^ery abundant, and covered the trunks of 
trees to the very top, one of these particularly noticeable on ac- 
count of the bright scarlet colour of its spadix, though situated 
at a height of 50 feet from the ground, was soon brought down 
by one of our guides, who easily reached it by help of one of the 
numerous '' liana’s” which surrounded the trunk. 
Several Oarlitdovica’s also attracted attention especially a 
small climbing one, with deeply 2-fid leaves, and also one of 
larger growth, they are probably 0 . gracilis, Liep.m. and 0 . 
LATIFOIAA, R. P.,— Carltihoahca Fluaiierit, kth. the ''Epiappa” 
of Jamaica was also abundant. 
Perns Avere plentiful, though the genera and species repre- 
sented were few. One of the handsomest was Lvgodilm digita- 
TUAi, Eat , a graceful climbing fern Avhich hung from the trees 
in immense festoons in many places. Several Polypodiuai’s, 
Adiantum’s, and Trichoaianes were found, among the latter the 
curiously proliferous T. elegans, Avhich Avas met Avith in large 
quantities in deep shady woods and in several localities. Lindsaya 
(iUADRANGULARis, Dry, a tern indigenous to Jamaica, but rarely 
found, Avas met Avith on our trip in one instance only. On our return 
from the morning’s outing Ave examined the locality around the 
settlement in Avhich Ave Avere residing and found that little 
cultHation Avas attenapted near the clAvellings, but that groves of 
Cacao and cocoanuts abounded eA^eryAvhere, Avhile many of the 
inhabitants took great pride in showdng me their Soopa” trees. 
This is a palm Avell known under tbe name of cf Gtiulielaia 
speciosa, AiART., but iiov/ referred by the authors of the Genera 
Plantaruai to the genus Bactris. Wallace in his Palais oe 
THE Aaiazon” thus describes it. This most picturesque and 
elegant Palm lias the stem slender, cylindrical, and thickly set 
with long needle-shaped spines disposed in rings or bands. It 
reaches sixty feet in height, and groAvs quite erect, though in ex- 
posed situations it becomes curved and Avaving. The leaA^es are 
very numerous, terminal, pinnate and drooping, forming a nearly 
spherical croAvn to the stem ; and the leaflets groAving out of 
