[115] Order, Nymphaceæ.
[116] The Pampas grass is very hardy. Its stems are from ten to fourteen feet high, its leaves six or eight feet long, and its panicles of flowers silvery white, and from eighteen inches to two feet in length. Another Brazilian species of the same genus, Gynerium saccharoides, yields a considerable quantity of sugar.
[117] Sydney Smith, in Edinburgh Review, for 1819.
[118] Order, Amentaceæ.
[119] Order, Liliaceæ.
[120] Order, Malpighiaceæ.
[121] Order, Myrtaceæ.
[122] The same name, “Traveller’s Tree,” is applied to the Urania speciosa.
[123] Pachydermata, from παχὑς, thick, and δἑρμα, skin; an order of quadrupeds distinguished by the thickness of their hides.
[124] Sir S. Baker, “The Albert N’yanza,” &c., i. 65-67.