There, on the river-side, you may admire the gigantic pepper-trees, or the silvery leaves of the Calathea, the lofty bamboo, or the fragrant Pothos, the curious Cyclanthus, or frowning nettles, some of the latter from ten to twelve feet high.

{138d} Galbula. {139a} Dieffenbachia, of which varieties are not now uncommon in hothouses. {139b} Xanthosoma. {139c} Calathea.