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as some marks in loose earth under some rocks looked like a trail — tlie 

 Indians said they were, — and one of the orchid collectors who had 

 .spent a day on top had seen, or thought he had seen one, but none 

 were met with. Their presence, is quite probable, though it \\oulil 

 necessarily be a very small species, as food would be limited. It might 

 be mentioned that a larger toad was obtained below, which was the 

 type of a new genus, Otophnjne, besides other new species. 



The invertebrates were a myriapod, two species of spiders, and a 

 scorpion — other new species were obtained from the slopes, — a dragon- 

 fly — there was certainly another species also, — a wasp, and six species 

 of beetles. Of several of these many specimens were obtained, serving 

 to extend the knowledge of new genera which had been made for them. 

 The damaged forms are not included. 



As these vaiious types hfid only been discovered after pr(jlonged 

 search and careful examination of the different parts of the plateau, on 

 both expeditions, it is not surprising that none of them had l)een 

 obtained l)y Messrs. im Thurn and Perkins on the first ascent of the 

 mountain, when they had been able to remain on the top for ])ut a 

 few hours. 



Tiie plants ai'e peculiarly interesting, being both numerous and 

 markedly specialised — as was shown by the original collections of 

 im Thurn, which, considering the short time in which they were made, 

 were extremely comprehensive. As was to be expected, our additions 

 — the result of veiy detailed examination — have extended the know- 

 ledge of the flora in many directions, there being for instance 38 new 

 species of flowering plants, two of them being types of new geneva 

 {Con)idlia and QaelcJua), 11 new species of Pteridophytes, Bryophytes, 

 and Thallophytes, ^vith 10 more new forms collected on the topmost 

 part of the ledge, in direct contact with the summit; besides 12 other 

 new species collected on the upper slopes, and many new records of 

 species from the whole range to the top, several of which are of very 

 great and even peculiar interest. 



Im Thurn has described in detail the aspect of the flora {2'hne/iri, 

 vol. V. 1886, and Trans. Linn. See. 1887, in which are also the 

 systematic descriptions by various botanists who worked out the 

 collections) ; and certainly much of it is very brilliant witli coloui-. 

 among which the most striking are the bright crimson clump.s of 

 Lndolhani tilts sessUijiorus and its varieties, and the rich pink and red, 

 many-flowered Befarias, and other red Kiicaceous plants ; though the 

 fritillary-like I'ed Lisiantkus iinthurnianus and the deep crimson of 

 the new Utricular la qaelc/iii, somewhat recalling its congener on the 

 wall below, are not less .striking in their way. (Shades of red are the 

 prevailing tints, especially noticeable also in the ])ink of the ]Mtchei- 

 jilants (JJellaiiiphora nutans) with its purple and green pitclieis, the 

 pale pink or red Lcil'jebia imlhariiiaiia, and a Alarceiiu, with exsert 

 stamens and yellow anthers. But theie are many others, and, one of 

 the most beautiful, the rich rose-red of the new bromeliad, Coiniellia 

 qaelchii, about wliich N. E. Brown, who described it in the Be[iort, 

 has remarked that it was well worth cultivating. 



The white flowers are abundant in the fragrant and raio mvitlos, 

 one a new .species, but especially noteworthy in the large and cixamy 



