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Brown, was beautiful as a tree 5-6 m. tall. 28
On the pages thin also; not seen in general, & seemingly
different from the one found on 14th yesterday. Another
Wolffia thin there too, looking like N. minima but
The mossy flower or a characteristic of that with
wavy margins. Often wedge (#23656), with green
stem, usually several meters long, a mixture in the
forest; a glauca, tall, sharp-angled Telenia also.
Climbed a Eucryphium at ca. 750 m. & made
photographs of Mt. OBYA. To east took some bearings from
camp: Buckers Island 302°, Annie Bull Island 26.2°
Magnetic. Turned the weekly PBY 2 in flight toward
Tamaran.
Found brittle grey, short-tailed Rattler, apparently
different from the lowland species, caught in brush.
Thumb bay, went down to stripes to shoot for the
1/50, returned with an blue pigeon & an old male
Panamian deer. The parotin bird prepared as a skin
by Ron.
Friday May 4: Occasional clouds over a mountain
from about 8 AM; showers, some heavy,
c. bout 11 h.45 a.m. That stormy night (8/1917).
Saw some trees below camp cleared today to give
view of coast. Traveled typhoons including islands off
Baco Bay coast, West end of Ferguson, & all the Neck of
Goodenough. Found at dusk 2000 feet a signal two
small vessels in sight; no response.
Botany: In a small creek less than 1/4 mile on
the steep slopes to Mt. OBYA. Nice lot of fern
including Vanderboschia, Erythrosorus, & a second
Erythrosorus for the locality. Two very interesting small
mushrooms here, one will curiously enlarged calyptra.
Endangered plant is long, fragrant white Flowered
Last night, 2 a Cebosoma from a many tree today by
Ron.