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

 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 would 

 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, Otophryne, 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 various types had only been discovered after prolonged 

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

 both expeditions, it is not surprising that none of them had been 

 obtained by Messrs. im Thurn and Perkins on the first ascent of the 

 mountain, when they hid been able to remain on the top for but a 

 few hours. 



The plants are 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 very 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 genera 

 {Gonnellia and Qudohia), 11 new species of Pteridophytes, Bryophytes, 

 and Thallophytes, with 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 (Timehri, 

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

 systematic descriptions by various botanists who worked out the 

 collections) ; and certainly much of it is very brilliant with colour, 

 among which the most striking are the bright crimson clumps of 

 Ledothamnus sessiliflorus and its varieties, and the rich pink and red 

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

 fritillary-like red Zdsicmthus imthv/rniwn,us and the deep crimson of 

 the new Utricularia quelchii, 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 pink of the pitcher- 

 plants (Heliamiphora nutans) with its purple and green pitchers, the 

 pale pink or red Leitgebia imthurniana, and a Marcetia, with exsert 

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

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

 quelchii, about which JST. E. Brown, who described it in the Report, 

 has remarked that it was well worth cultivating. 



The white flowers a.re abundant in the fragrant and rare myrtles, 

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



