TO THE KEW MUSEUM. STE 
16. Sipó de Chumbo (Cuscuta racemosa, Mart., or some allied spe- 
cies). In this form it is sold in the tabernas as a remedy against in- 
flamed throats and similar disorders. ‘The plant is common on the 
campos of Santarem, trailing over various shrubs: it is no. 312 of my 
collection. 
17. Wood and leaves of a Laurineous tree, one of the many “ Loü- 
ros" of the Brazilians. Forests on the Rio Caipuráü. The timber is 
yellowish, close-grained, and durable, and much esteemed for cabinet 
and other work. Herb. 571. 
18. Itaiiba preta (a Laurinea?): wood, bark and leaves. Forests 
south of Santarem. The timber of this is considered superior to that 
of any other in Brazil for the purpose of ship-building. Herb. 669. 
19. Ltaiiba amarella. Growing with the black Jtaüba, of which it 
seems to be merely a variety. 
20. Wood of a Rubiacea, a small tree on the campos of Santarem. 
Herb. 358. 
21. Wood of a Malpighiacea, a small tree, resembling the Cajú in 
habit and in the form of its leaves. Santarem. Herb. 320. 
22. Wood of an Anonacea. Shrub or small tree. Campos of San- 
tarem. Herb. 442. 
23. Cajú (Anacardium occidentale, vs ): wood. Santarem. 
'24. Tapuya work-basket, made by Indians at Santarem, on the 
Amazon, of the young leaves at the apex of the Zucumd Palm. The 
usual furniture of these baskets is a small stock of needles and thread, 
tobacco, flint, steel, and tinder-box. Should the proprietor be a /ady, 
the contents are still precisely the same. 
25. Mari-marí (Cassia Brasiliensis, L.) : leaves Md pods. The seeds 
are enveloped in a sweet edible pulp. 
26. Fruit of Pim, a twiner (evidently Euphorbiaceous) which I 
have not yet seen. The Indians use the seeds medicinally: the thin 
white inner skin being peeled off, they are roasted, and three or four 
of them form a violent purge. Santarem. 
27. Wood of Uaitá, a large tree, of which the “heart-wood alone is 
used, chiefly for walking-canes. The fragment sent I procured of an 
Indian, who was fabricating a knife-haft of it. Rio Caipurü. 
28. Wood of Paracu-uba. The hard heart-wood chiefly is used for 
cabinet-work. From the chips a medicinal tea is prepared. — Rio Cai- 
pura. 
