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little way further up, by the side of a small water-fall, and on a 

 moist slanting bank near it, I found great quantities of a fine 

 dark red-flowered Amaryllis, of which I collected specimens 

 and took up a good many of the roots. It is perhaps unde- 

 scribed, as I can find nothing to agree with it in my books, 

 but this may soon be ascertained as I have sent home speci- 

 mens and a great many bulbs. The place where it grows is 

 one of the most charming I have ever seen. The bed of the 

 stream is about ten feet broad, but it is only during heavy rains 

 that it covers this space. At this time the stream was little 

 more than perceptible. The water falls over three successive 

 shelves of granite, each about eight feet high ; along the stream 

 at the bottom of the fall there are several middle-sized trees, 

 the branches of which are festooned with the long branches of 

 the same Fuchsia as grows abundantly below, loaded with 

 splendid crimson flowers. By the side of the fall are several 

 bushes of a large flowered species of Lasiandra, and along with 

 them a few of a red-blossomed Virgularia, and a broad thick- 

 leaved species of Clusia, loading the atmosphere with a delight- 

 ful odour arising from its large white inflorescence. Beneath 

 these grows the Amaryllis already mentioned, an Eryngium, 

 and several Bromeliacece. On the face of the rocks I saw se- 

 veral mosses, but none of them in fruit. Having gained the 

 upper part of the fall I found a space extending to a consider- 

 able distance on each side and for some way up the mountain, 

 destitute of trees; — nothing but bare portions of rock with oc- 

 casional masses of low shrubs and herbaceous plants. Among 

 these, the beautiful Zygopetalon Mackaii, and the odoriferous 

 Maxillaria picta, were not the least common. Darkness now r 

 beginning to set in, I returned to the encampment, and found 

 a large fire lighted and something prepared to eat. After din- 

 ner I put the plants which I had collected during the day into 

 paper. The evening was so fine that I considered the erection 

 of a hut unnecessary, and lay down about 8 p.m. on a few palm 

 leaves by the fire, with my poncho wrapped round me, to pass 

 the night. 



When I arose next morning at day break I found the ther- 

 mometer at 46°. While breakfast was preparing I again went 

 out to botanize, but added little more than a few ferns to my 



