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me her gracious permissioii to call this charming species 
Leiothamnus EUsahethce.^ 
After making this discovery, I had ascended about 200 
feet more, when the dark forest-like labyrinth became more 
clear ; the trees, mostly CincJionece and Melastomece, inter- 
mingled with arborescent ferns, in appearance more resem- 
bling the stately palm than the fern. Amongst the her- 
baceous plants covering the ground, my eyes fell again on a 
beautiful new flower, it was a Bromeliaceous plant, and also a 
new species of the genus Encholirnmiy no doubt the most 
beautiful of the genus. The Princess of Prussia (now Her 
Majesty the Empress of Grermany) graciously permitted me 
to call this charming Encholirium, Encholirium AugicstcB.f 
The surrounding vegetation assumed a charming character, 
which was especially due to the fern trees standing not so 
crowded, but that every single plant could display each large 
but delicate frond, without impediment from its neighbor. 
Perns, nothing but ferns, formed the underwood, and com- 
prising so many wonderful forms in such a small compass 
as I had never before met with ; I will only name a few 
species of which I collected at the Roraima.J Amongst these 
^ Leiothamnus Elisabethae, Bich. Schomb. ; Suffruticosa, Foliis ohlongis, acu~ 
minatis basi attenuatis, opacis^ subtus, glaucescenti-viridibus, Jloribus pedicillatis, 
terminalibus, soUtariis, magnis, calycibus quinquepartitis, laciniis lanceolatis, 
acuminatis^ margine membranaceis integer7'imis^ corollis hy poor aterimor phis amoene- 
eocciniSj fauce lacleo, limbo piano, dilatato, albido-striato. 
f FnchoUrium Augustae, Rich. Scliorab. ; Foliis sessilibus, semiamplexicaulibue, 
elongato-lanceolatis, attenuatis, involuUs, laete-viridibus, apice cucullato-con- 
tractis, inferne spinoso-dentatis, bracteis foliis eonformibus minoribusque subdis- 
tantibus, apice confertis, strobiliformibus ; floribus in superiorum bractearum 
axillis, geminis aut ternis,brevi pedieellatis ; Ferigonii laciniis exlerioribus sparsim 
hirsutis, laete fuscis, interior ibus membranaceis, fusco-violaceis, obovalis, duplo 
hrevioribus ; Staminibus-inclusis, tribus exterioribus epipetalis, stigmatibus siyloque 
inclusis, rufescentibus ; g ermine pgr amidalo, subsemiinfero ; columna centrali basi 
mpiceque sterili. 
J Aneimia humilis, Sw. ; Schizaea dichotoma, Sw. ; FCymenostachis elegans, 
Presl. ; Trichomanes brachypus, Kze. ; Anker sii. Hook. ; cellulcsum, Klotzsch, 
sp. nov. ; rigidum, Sw, ; Prieurii, Kze. ; Hymenophyllum clavatum, Sw. ; ^Ler- 
tensia longipinnata. Hook. ; pubescens, Willd. ; Cyathea hirtula, Mart. ; pungens, 
Kaulf. ; marginalis, Klotzsch, sp. nov. ; Lindsaya pumila, Klotzsch, sp. nov. ; 
duhia, Spreng. ; rigescens, "Willd. ; tenuis, Klotzsch, sp. nov. ; Jiliformis, 
Hook. ; Adiantum triangulatum, Kaulf. ; glaucescens, Klotzsch, sp. nov. ; tomen~ 
iosum, Klotzsch, sp. nov. ; hirtum, Klotzsch, sp. nov. ; Lomaria Schomburgkii^ 
