{132} It may be a true vine, Vitis Caribaea, or Cissus Sicyoides (I
owe the names of these water-vines, as I do numberless facts and
courtesies, to my friend Mr. Prestoe, of the Botanic Gardens, Port
of Spain); or, again, a Cinchonaceous plant, allied to the Quinine
trees, Uncaria, Guianensis; or possibly something else; for the
botanic treasures of these forests are yet unexhausted, in spite of
the labours of Krueger, Lockhart, Purdie, and De Schach.

{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 Ma