APPENDIX. 
425 
I find it impossible to reconcile some of these measurements 
of the French Expedition with my own or those of other ob¬ 
servers ; but usually the difference is not greater than might be 
expected from observations with the aneroid barometer. 
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 
Land is usually bought and sold by caballerias (33.83 acres), 
Jiectareas (2.47 acres), manzanas (a square of one hundred 
yards), or varas (2.78 feet). The most common weights are 
the quintal (a hundredweight) and the arroba (25 pounds of 
16 ounces each). Among the Indios other weights and meas¬ 
ures are used, but I could find no trustworthy information about 
them. They also retain the old cacao currency to some extent, 
and I have been offered cacao-beans for small change, as the 
cuartillo is not common away from the large cities. 
400 cacao beans = contle. 
8,000 “ “ = jiquipil = 20 contles. 
24,000 “ “ = carga = 3 jiquipiles. 
A LIST OF PLANTS OBSERVED IN GUATEMALA. 
I am indebted to my friend Professor Sereno Watson, of 
Harvard, for tlie identification of species, which to the number of 
sixty he has already determined from some five hundred that he 
collected in the Departments of Livingston and Izabal. I did 
not myself make any collection, but noted the genera that weie 
familiar to me as I travelled through the country. So little has 
been published about the Guatemaltecan Flora that I have a en- 
tured to add these notes to Professor Watson s list. 
Clematis americana, Will. Near Izabal. 
dioica., L. Panajachel. 
caripensis, HBK. Sacapnlas, Ju- 
tiapa. 
polycephala, Bert. V. de Agua. 
sericea, HBK. San Jose. 
Davilla rngosa, Poir. Banks of Rio 
Dulce, Rio Chocon. 
lucida, Presl 1 Chocon. 
Doliocarpus pubens, Mart. Livingston. 
Curatella americana, L. Dry hills near 
Quirigua. 
Tetracera n. sp. Rio Chocon. 
Guatteria Jurgensenii, Hemsl. Shores 
of Lago de Izabal, Chocon. 
n. sp. 
Anona squamosa, L. Livingston, 
muricata, L. Cunen, Uspantan. 
