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fine in the afternoon sun, but drifting clouds soon cut them off 
and enveloped us also before we reached camp. After a short 
rest we took an evening stroll to the Sasa river, some two miles 
above the camp. Close to the river, especially on the swampy 
ground bordering it, was a wealth of floral display. A low 
bridge of bamboo spans the creek and on the left grew at odd 
intervals, for a distance of some twenty yards up the river side, 
a fine white Begonia, eighteen or more inches in height, with 
pure white flowers of good size. Dotted about, the spikes of 
Kniphofia Snowdenii stood like solidified flames. Two species 
of terrestrial orchids, one rose-pink, the other a marvellous 
Tyrian Red, adorned the mossy openings in the low herbage, 
and close to the Begonia were two groups of a curious Gladiolus ( ?) 
with large plum-pink bracts, concealing the inconspicuous 
greenish flowers, one plant of a small Hchinops, with bluish 
heads, and a tiny Veronica (V. abyssinica, Hk. f. 2), quite 
abundant, with unopened buds. Everywhere a scentless violet 
(Viola abyssinica, Steud.), decked the ground or climbed up 
amongst every kind of growth and in many places a silvery-blue 
Anagallis starred the green carpet of short moss. Near here, 
a very ornamental epiphytic Canarina (C. Eminii Asch. & 
Schweinf.), with large pendant orange-coloured bells, occurred 
on the lower branches and trunks of trees, but was not abundant. 
We returned to camp with material of our finds, losing to my 
regret, the only specimen of a charming blue Acanthaceous 
plant, not again encountered. 
The next morning, after an intensely cold night, saw us 
off rather later than usual and within half an hour of our start 
rain began to fall and with the briefest interruptions continued 
all day, until nearing camp on our return in the evening. Then 
it continued fine, and we had glorious views of the mountain 
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