HORTUS VEITCHII 



Western Cordillera, and as far west as the Valle de Atrato or 

 Llanos de Murry. Passing from the water-shed of the Atrato 

 to the plains, he was particularly struck by the richness of 

 the vegetation. Here Anthurium Veitchii, with leaves over 

 6 ft. in length, climbed trees more than twenty yards in 

 height, and growing luxuriantly were a great many palms, 

 of which he collected specimens of more than 100 species, and 

 seed of many. Kalbreyer traversed the towns of Rio Negro, 

 Medellin, Antioquia, Sopetran, Frontino, Rio Verde, and many 

 others, and, later on, to the north, he passed Santa Rosa 

 Amalfi, and on the south, Concordia. 



Orchids were the principal plants collected, amongst 

 others Odontoglossum ramosissimum, 0. sceptrum, Miltonia 

 vexillaria, Cattleya aurea, 0. gigas, Cypripedium Roezlii, 

 C. Schlimii alba, and several species of the curious large- 

 flowered Masdevallias. 



Several consignments of these were sent to Chelsea, and 

 in September 1880 Kalbreyer returned to England, bringing 

 with him many living plants and a great collection of dried 

 Ferns, comprising some 360 species, of which eighteen were 

 new to science. These were described by Mr. Baker in the 

 Journal of Botany for July 1881. 



The last journey as a plant-collector was commenced by 

 Kalbreyer in December 1880; on this occasion he again 

 proceeded to Ocana, where he arrived in January 1881, and 

 sent home a consignment of Orchids. Leaving Ocana at 

 the end of the month, he went southwards to Andinamarca 

 and Bogota, on the high plains of the Eastern Cordillera 

 In this neighbourhood he made a collection of Orchids, con- 

 sisting principally of Odontoglossum crispum, brought safely 

 to England in June of the same year. His engagement 

 with Messrs. Veitch then terminated, and after a short stay 



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