By Mr. Theodore Hartweg. 



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cured Rondeletia brevipes, rejlexa, eriantha, Mihania leiostachya, 

 and caudata, Daphne cestrifolia, with yellow berries which are poi- 

 sonous to cattle, Spigelia hamelioides, and Brownea, the latter 

 forming a tree with large heads of crimson flowers which develop 

 themselves for several weeks in succession. Ascending the wooded 

 heights in the East, 1 found in a forest of the Wax Palm, (Ce- 

 roxylon andicola), Gustavia speciosa, Caliphruria Hartwegiana a 

 bulbous plant with white flowers, Peristeria elata and Achimenes 

 picta, which is another valuable addition to that interesting genus. 

 In its native habitat this Achimenes prefers dry rocky ground, in 

 places not much shaded, where it scarcely attains more than five 

 inches in height, seldom producing above two or three of its 

 finely mottled bright orange flowers upon a stem. The accom- 

 panying figure was taken from one of the first specimens that 

 flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 



Soon after my arrival in Honda, having readily procured a boat 

 capable of holding my collections, I embarked on the Magdalena 

 for Barranca, and crossed from thence by land to Carthagena. The 

 rapid descent on the Magdalena afforded me but little opportu- 

 nity of examining its wooded banks, for the boatmen being hired 

 to convey me to my place of destination, it was their interest to 

 make the journey with as little delay as possible. 



Finally leaving the mainland about the middle of May for 

 Jamaica, where, during some days delay, I added a few things 

 from the Port Royal mountains to my collection, I embarked for 

 London on the 3rd of June, and arrived safely on the 24th of July 

 1843, after an absence of six years and ten months. 



The following is a list of the plants, as far as their names can 

 ft t present be ascertained, that have been introduced from Co- 

 lumbia ; 



Achimenes picta Canna glauca 



Angelonia salicariaefolia Catasetum latilabre 



Brownea Ariza — ochraceum 



