

n( the scanty mould, lias been token by Tilhuidfti*, Pcperomiv, and other succulent plant*, and 

 among them thrive* the CalM-itim longifolium. The pseudo-bulhs adopt however a pendulous 

 position, and die fleshy root* find in die aiore of bluek vegetable mould nteb abundant nourishment 

 thai a thick tuft of lonp lender leaven U pushed forth, and hangs down the miotic Maurilia, by 

 their bright green forming* strong contrast with tlio sombre hue of the large hunches of scaly fruits 

 of tin* splendid pal uid so increasing it* otherwise interesting appearance. 



11 It wo« first discovered in the Camuni Creek, a tributary of the river Demeram : we found it 

 afterwards frequently at (be Ion and marshy ground of the river* Wirooi and Wicki, tributaries of 

 tlie river Berbice, where the Hauritia Palm i* w numerous, that it oecupies large tract** exclusively. 



M Us leaves ore lomotimet from six to eight feet long, but I now observed in it* native climate, 

 a bunch covered with tucli numerous flower* a* the one here represented. The flowen which 1 saw 

 were of a brownish take colour, 



" The M*CU*i Indians call C. loiigilbliuni Ma^rau ; the Wurrau* Qhilyon. 1 





