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delight the eye with their fresh verdure and lovely blossoms, and Panicum trichoides and Echinolæna 
polystachya cover the ground, intermixed with Aphelandra pectinata, Dipteracanthus leucanthus, Scorodoxylum 
Hartwegianum (Acantliaceæ), Dorstenia Contrayerva (Moreæ), Ponthieva rostrata and some other Orchids, and 
the charming Alpinia occidentalis (Amomeæ).* Having penetrated through the thicket of this hedge,' the 
forest is found comparatively clear of underwood, but the growth of the trees, as Theobroma liicolor 
(Büttneriaceæ,)^ Lecythis dubia (Lecythideæ),^ Gustavia speciosa (Myrtaceæ), Cecropia Humboldtiana (Arto- 
carpeae), Sponia mollis, Momisia aculeata (Celtideæ), Sapiuni salicifolium (EuplïorbiaceæV Coccoloba nitida 
(Polygoneæ)’ and Pliarmacosycea anthelmintica+ (Moreæ) is enormous. The slender stem of an Euterpe^ offers 
a striking contrast to the big trunk of the Palma reaP. Many trees are so thickly covered with creepers, that 
it is impossible to make out their original foliage. 
1 Kunth, Synops. pi. vol. iv. p. 356. 2 ibid. p. 387- » ibid. p. 391. 4 ibid. p. 360. « Ibid. p. 364. 
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