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and in thickets in the central district and at Sambaquichaba. It 

 is known as " Coronha Christi " and " Espongeira ;" and the pods 

 are used in making ink with the aid of iron; a gum is also 

 extracted by boiling. It is a plant of world-wide distribution, and 

 probably intentionally planted. 



MYRTACE^l. 



Psidium Guyava, Baddi, and Jambosa vulgaris, DO. 

 Both are in cultivation here, the former fruiting abundantly, 



LYTHRAEIE^E. 



Ammannia latifolia, L. Sp. PI. i. p. 174 ; Koehne in Mart 

 Bras. xiii. 2. p. 206. 



with Paspalum brizoides, Jussieua, and other marsh-plants. 

 Distribution. All warm parts of America. 



growing 



ONAGEAEIEJE. 



Jussietta linifolia, Vahl, Eclog. ii. p. 31 ; DO. Prodr. iii. 

 55 j Micheli in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. p. 163, t. xxxiii. — J. acu- 

 inata, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 245. 



Very common in the central districts, on the damp clayey soil. 

 The flowers are bright yellow. The leaves seem a little broader 



than usual. Obtained also by Moseley 

 Distribution. Cosmopolitan. 



ipecially 



Para, Ama 



and Pernambuco 



PAPAYACE^l. 



Carica Papaya, L. 



~ * ti^ii w id very ia>rgciy uuii/iva>i/cu., aiiu xua o^^«o w^/wiviii-xj 



being carried about by birds, it is often to be seen in places 

 where it appears to be quite wild. It is a very conspicuous 

 feature in the scenery. The fruit is pyriform, and hangs down on 

 the ends of the long peduncles ; it is remarkably good and cheap. 



lnft T!Vi"CJ o-iwa Tro^.r i\ ,1 ~£ !X ~ ~ J ^i!i-^vw^ ^l^*^Vw 4~**r\r\a +a nnf if AJi^n m 



Near 







village are several male trees which bear monoecious flowers, 





and can often be seen in fruit. 









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