r 
t 
FLORA OF THE ISTUilUS OF PANA3IA. 
p^ovinces of that entire. Sprins. .ppa.ntly fro. imperfect .nateri....fen.ed it to Cor^or.., a .nistake 
L more excusabk, as this Turno-a 1ms very much the look of some Xdiace^. 
m. M..XZ.... a.pcra, Linn., Dc Cand. ProOr. vol. iii. p. 31-3. On rod., old .all. and on 
the roofs of houses, in aud about Pauama. 
PORTULACE.E. 
461. PouTULACA oJeracea 
,ea, Linn., Do Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. 1>. 353. lu .astc places about 
Panama. 
CACTE.E. 
46.. C....S .<^amis, Pfr., Saln^-Byc. Cact in Horto ^yf^T;^r^Z:>!'^^e 
C. Pitajaya, De Cand. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 466.-Nomen vemacnl. Pitajaya. 
sea-shore. 
Used for making hedges. 
463. Phtllocactus Pkyllanth^. Salm-Dyck, 1 .p. 56. ^^ ^ ^^^ ,^. 
vol. iii. p. 469.-Nomcn vcrnacul. "Pitajaya de monte. In forests, giowi g i p ; 
-KT «™o^,.i ^^Tiina " Common all over tJie country. 
4M. Opuntia sp.-Nomcn vemacul. Tuna. Com 
beneficial 
the fruit is eaten. 
Puerto dc Piiias. 
The leaves of this tree, either boiled or fresh, are eaten as salad. 
UMBELLIEER^. 
466 HvnKOCOxv.. u,Mlata. Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 60. On ri^lets near Panama. 
common in the savanas all over the country ; ^^f^^^^^^ ^Itmann), Bemerara 
This herb .as found in Jamaica (Bancroft), «*' J^^" .^^it/sallann), Goya. (Gardner), aud 
;«^r?ir S2ir S:=:SSs= i . .dispensable i^redient in .1 
the soups and sancoches. 
ARALIACE^. 
„ , -r. 1 ^ w r^ 9^i Nomen vcrnacul. " Pavo." In 
468. Panax speciosum, WiUd., Dc Cand. Prodr. vol. i^ . p. 2o t. W omc ^ ^ 
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