{133a} Philodendron.

{133b} Philodendron lacerum.  A noble plant.

{133c} Monstera pertusa; a still nobler one:  which may be seen, with Philodendrons, in great beauty at Kew.

{133d} Lygodium.

{133e}  (-----------?).

{133f} To know more of them, the reader should consult Dr. Krueger’s list of woods sent from Trinidad to the Exhibition of 1862; or look at the collection itself (now at Kew), which was made by that excellent forester—­if he will allow me to name him—­ Sylvester Devenish, Esquire, Crown Surveyor.

{133g} Vitex.

{133h} Carapa Guianensis.

{133i} Cedrela.

{133j} Machaerium.

{133k} Hymenaea Courbaril.

{133l} Tecoma serratifolia.

{133m} Lecythis.

{133n} Bucida.

{133o} Brosimum Aubletii.

{133p} Guaiacum.

{134a} Copaifera.

{134b} Eriodendron.

{134c} Hura crepitans.

{134d} Mimusops Balata.

{137a} Bactris.

{137b} Euterpe oleracea.

{137c} Croton gossypifolium.

{137d} Moronobea coccinea.

{137e} Norantea.

{137f} Spondias lutea (Hog-plum).

{138a} Desmoncus.

{138b} Heliconia.

{138c} Spathiphyllum canufolium.

{138d} Galbula.

{139a} Dieffenbachia, of which varieties are not now uncommon in hothouses.

{139b} Xanthosoma.

{139c} Calathea.

{139d} Pentaclethra filamentosa.

{139e} Brownea.

{140a} Sabal.

{140b} Ficus salicifolia?

{145} Quoted from Codazzi, by Messrs. Wall and Sawkins, in an Appendix on Asphalt Deposits, an excellent monograph which first pointed out, as far as I am aware, the fact that asphalt, at least at the surface, is found almost exclusively in the warmer parts of the globe.

{148a} Blechnum serrulatum.

{148b} Geological Survey of Trinidad; Appendix G, on Asphaltic Deposits.

{149} Mauritia flexuosa.

{150} American Journal of Science, Sept. 1855.

{152} Chrysobalanus Pellocarpus.

{154} Mauritia flexuosa.

{155} See Mr. Helps’ Spanish Conquest in America, vol. ii. p. 10.

{157} Jambosa Malaccensis.

{158} Oiketicus.

{159} Phytelephas macrocarpa.

{160} Humboldt, Personal Narrative, vol. v. pp. 728, 729, of Helen Maria Williams’s Translation.

{161a} Costus.

{161b} Scleria latifolia.

{161c} Panicum divaricatum.

{162a} Scleria flagellum.

{162b} Echites symphytocarpa (?).

{164} Ochroma.

{170} Pronounced like the Spanish noun Daga.

{172} See Bryan Edwards on the character of the African Negroes; also Chanvelon’s Histoire de la Martinique.