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would account for what I have mentioned; hut 
of this I can give little information. The Mahoe 
{Hibiscus tiliaceus), the Bastard Cedar {Guazuma 
ulmifolia), the Mammee Sapota {Lucuma mammosa), 
the Locust {Hymencca couharil), and the Trumpet-tree 
{Cecropia peltata), are some of the forest- trees, with 
others called Burn-wood and Down-tree, of which I 
know not the systematic appellation, unless the latter 
he the Ochroma lagopus of botanists. But there is one 
tree which grows numerously in that locality, which 
I suppose to have some influence on the Lepidoptera 
and Hymenoptera ; it is provincially called the Po- 
tatoe-wood ; it is at that time covered with blossoms, 
which, though they grow in thick racemes, offer 
nothing pleasing to the sight or the scent. But these 
form the centres of attraction to the insects I have 
named ; Pierides and Theclcc in particular flutter 
around the summits in considerable numbers, and 
swarms of small beetles and flies. The Bauhinia 
displays its elegant blossoms, and in one corner a large 
patch of Cassia attracts Papiliones and Coliades ; but 
in general there is an almost total lack of the flower- 
ing herbaceous vegetation that fringes the roads in 
most other places. It is remarkable also that the 
trees in these woods are nearly, if not quite, destitute 
of epiphyte OrcJiidacecCy which are so abundant on 
Bluefields Mountain at a similar elevation, that hardly 
a tree is without one or more specimens. But in 
other respects the character of the vegetation in the 
two regions differs greatly. 
This district I habitually visited every alternate 
week, very frequently spending eight or ten days at 
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