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others. Amongst the dazzling yellow of the Qomphia^ 
Vochysia, the pure white of the Qualea, we could scarcely dis- 
tinguish the simple whitish flowers of the Ladenhergia, of 
which the greatest part of the forest consisted. We passed a 
small forest, the border of which was one mass of flowering 
shrubs and trees, in all shades of colors — Vochysia tetraphylla, 
Gomphia dura, Befaria, Oaultheria, Archytaea, Tibouchina, 
Hirtella, and Bhynchanthera , isolated trees of the Weln~ 
mannia ovalis, Pay., so graceful in its growth, and covered 
with its white beautiful flowers. This constant change 
brought us to the forest surrounding the perpendicular wall, 
when spread before us lay a small marshy plain, on which 
Flora had assembled her most beautiful children — where the 
charm of flowers had culminated. The whole plain was 
covered with the dark blue TJtricularia, Sumboldtii, Schomb., 
the most beautiful species of this genus, with red-tinted 
flower stalks three to four feet high, from which three to 
four of the curious flowers were suspended. While the 
amazed eye was looking upon this charming carpet of flowers, 
it was especially attracted by the interesting Heliamphora 
nutans, with light green and red-ribbed leaves of a hollow 
urn-shaped petiole, open at the top, the lamina, forming a 
small concave lid, something like the Nepenthes, the 
tender flower stalk, bearing its white, and sometimes red- 
tinged flowers. High above these more tender plants, rose the 
flowers of the magnificent Cypripedium Bindley anum, Schomb.; 
the charming Kleistes, the yellow flowers of Bapateas, of 
which I only mention the curious Saxo-Fridericia Regalis, 
Schomb., and the new genus titegilepis guianensis Klotzsch. In 
the middle of this carpet of flowers, new to me, I thought 
to see a Cycas, and a few jumps over the marshy ground 
brought me to the imagined discovery, when I found it was 
a beautiful fern with large erect fronds similar to those of 
the Cycas, It was a new Lomaria, which the late Dr. 
Elotzsch described as Lomaria Schomhurgkii. My eyes were 
dazzled by the splendor of the fresh green, and the brilliantly 
colored flowers of the herbaceous plants predominant on 
this plain, while the air was impregnated with delightful 
fragrance. I fancied myself in a magic garden ; such a 
display of colors, such a variety on so small a space, having 
been up to that day unknown to me. The borders of the 
forest which enclosed this botanical El Dorado, consisted of 
the magnificent Thihaudia nutans, Elotzsch, a new charming 
