A REMARKABLE AQUATIC PLANT. 



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Sir Walter Raleigh was the first who brought to England this 

 fruit of the Mauritia palm, which he very justly likened, on account 

 of its scales, to a fir cone. 



The plains of the Rio Negro and the Amazons are the home and 

 habitat of the most remarkable of all aquatic plants, the Victoria 





1. Anthephora elegans. 



2. Panicum Cajennense. 



3. Anthistiria ciliata. 



4. Aristida capillacea. 



5. Cyperus articulatus. 



regia,* truly deserving its royal rank on account of its curious con- 

 formation and splendid beauty. It is said to have been first observed 

 by Hauke, about 1801, and afterwards to have been noticed by 

 Bonpland, D'Orbigny, and others; but the first person who accurately 



* Order, Nymphacfx. 



