Hauken, James 1977 Journal Hotel Tablamar, San José, Prov. de San José, Costa Rica 13 Sept to be turned; but I looked around in various places (pastures, road cuts + banks, a cafetal w/ bananas) but found nothing and left in frustration after a couple of hours - Shade of Pandana' 75. I returned to San José at ~4:30 determined to spend the rest of my time working higher elevations in the hopes of getting more samples of B. subpalmata Hotel La Georgina, Villa Mills, Prov. de Cartago, Costa Rica 14 Sept I've stopped here for lunch and am taking the opportunity to enter yesterday's notes. I left the Tabla at ~6 AM and headed directly for Turrialba. After breakfasting there I followed two signs in town to Volcan Turrialba and Santa Rosa. One is quickly found on Rte 230, a good gravel road which runs between Turrialba and Cartago via the towns of Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Capellades. Immediately beyond Santa Cruz the road descends to a bridge crossing the Rio Aguirre. Because of the steepness of the ravine the original forest remains intact, and at the crossing one can walk a few feet into the forest along trails before they meet the