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I discovered also a very fine Utricularia, wliicli luxuriated on 
the stems of the trees ; the little plant was only one and a 
half inch in height, the leaves of a light green color, but the 
yellow flowers very large in comparison to the plant. I am 
sorry that I was not able to describe this pretty species more 
minutely, as I was attacked at my return to the camp by 
fever, which had also taken hold of the greatest part of the 
company ; and the Indian boy, who was employed changing 
the paper of the plants, had lost this interesting species, 
which I only missed when it was too late to replace it. I 
only observed the plant in this particular spot. 
The increasing number of rocks between which our way 
lay, made me believe that we were approaching the gigantic 
rock. The flne ferns disappeared, and we were again sur- 
rounded by a thick vegetation ; large trees rooted in the 
clefts and overhanging the glens, added to the sombre 
character of the scene. We had again to climb up rocks and 
descend into abysses, and every time I looked back it seemed 
a miracle that we had succeeded in reaching such a height. 
We had just attained the top of one of these wild masses of 
rock, when before us rose the sandstone colossus of 1,500 
feet, perpendicular as a wall ; the highest summit rises by 
triogonometrical measurement to 5,000 feet above the level 
of the table- land. 
I was lost in admiration looking up to the gigantic wall, 
the summit of which -projected a little ; my heart began to 
beat as if I apprehended danger, and a wish to escape from 
it. An oppressive solitude prevailed ; there was not a sign of 
life, only the noise of the falling water was heard. Looking 
up to the giddy height, the mass of rock before me appeared 
wild and dreadful ; round about large blocks of rock were 
scattered in demon-like confusion, which had been precipi- 
tated from the summit and steep declivity, the surrounding 
Klotzsch, sp. nov. ; Plumieri^ Desv. ; Xiphopteris serrulata, Kaulf. ; Aspidium 
cicutarium, Sw. ; coriaceum, Kze. ; Polyp, nervosum, Klotzsch, sp. nov. ; hrevipes 
Kze. ; Pichardii, Klotz«cb, sp. nov. ; lepidopteris, Kze. ; pavonianum, Klotzsch, 
sp. nov.; areolatum, Humh. Bonp. ; Pier is Utohrochioides, Klotzsch, sp. nov.; 
deflexa. Link. ; hiformis, Splitg ; Salpiglaena voluhilis, Sm. ; Asplenium 
Serra, Langd. ; integerrimum, Spieng. ; auritum, Sw. ; alleopteron, Kze., sp. 
nov. ; Schomburgkianum, KlotscLz, sp. nov. ; cuneatum, Lam. From the Lyco- 
podiums I gathered : — Lycopodium robustum, Klotzsch ; carolinianum, Lin. ; 
Jussicei^ Desv. ; linifolium, Lin. ; Selaginella Breynii, Spr. ; and puberula^ 
Klotzsch. 
