. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana . Fig. 121. A Sloth in Action. blooms in wisteria-like bunches; falling-star white flowers;pink two-petalled ground (lowers in dense clumps; spiderlilies, the large kind; red passion flowers; white tubularblooms; five-parted purple star-shaped flowers; wild cotton,in enormous masses of bloom, resembling clematis and as WATER TRAIL FROM GEORGETOWN TO AREMU. 281 fragrant; long thin racemes of very fragrant, dull greenishwhite flowers; brush-like purple blooms, white at the base,growing
. Our search for a wilderness; an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana . Fig. 121. A Sloth in Action. blooms in wisteria-like bunches; falling-star white flowers;pink two-petalled ground (lowers in dense clumps; spiderlilies, the large kind; red passion flowers; white tubularblooms; five-parted purple star-shaped flowers; wild cotton,in enormous masses of bloom, resembling clematis and as WATER TRAIL FROM GEORGETOWN TO AREMU. 281 fragrant; long thin racemes of very fragrant, dull greenishwhite flowers; brush-like purple blooms, white at the base,growing sessile on the trunks, with an edible fruit, whichthe blacks call Waika. This list is exclusive of all the many inconspicuous flowersand all orchids, which were seldom out of sight. Its value. Fig. 122. A Sloth Asleep. lies only in giving the faintest of hints of the wonderful beautyof these jungle water trails. On these upper reaches of the stream the two water birdsmost in evidence were Tiger Bitterns 40 and Great One could write pages trying to describe asingle vista of this beautiful region and yet give only a hintof it^ charm. In one place a mighty loop of a lofty bush 282 OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. rope or monkey ladder with ornate woody frills decoratingthe edges, hangs swaying high in air across the other giant vines have caught hold and have wormedtheir way in serpentine folds along the first great swing. Inthe spaces between these huge living cables, seeds and para-sitic plants have taken root and grown, filling up the net-work with their aerial bulbs and in turn furnishing rootholdsfor an innumerable variety of flowers, ferns, orchids, mossesand lichens. The mosses are long and fan-shaped like somespecies of coral, and the li
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