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C. aquatica, (Aubl.) are peltate, but are otherwise very dif- 
ferent, in being about an inch long and not more than two 
lines broad. A small white-flowered Mayaca, which is not 
described in Sprengel, a Drosera, several curious Eriocaulons, 
two small white-flowered species of Nymphea, several Gom- 
phias, three Mouririg, a Buchnera, numerous Loranthacee, 
Jussieua sedoides (H. et B.,) Salvertia convallariodora (St. Hil.) 
several Palms, a great many .Leguminose, and not a few 
Composite. 
* On the 29th of August, we resumed our journey, and still 
proceeding in a southerly direction, reached, on the 21st 
September, the banks of the Rio Preto, which runs through 
that part of the Province of Pernambuco lying between 
the Provinces of Piauhy and Minas Geraés. The place where 
we stopped is called Santa Maria. Some rather high Serras 
over which we passed during this journey, afforded me a 
beautiful collection of plants, amounting to upwards of 200 
species; among them are some fine Eriocaulons, Melastomacec, 
and Composite, a Vochysia, and a splendid new Qualea, with 
à stem nearly 100 feet high; a species of Diplusodon iu fruit, 
two of Mouriria, and one of Dipteriz, which latter is a fine 
large tree, and when in flower forms one of the most beauti- 
ful objects I have seen in this country: a pinnate-leaved 
, from the banks of the Rio Preto, and a splendid 
annual Gentianeous plant, which was however, nearly out of 
flower when I found it. The corolla is hypocrateriform, its 
limb of four divisions, violet-coloured, and the tube yellow; 
stamens four, which, together with the style, are declinate. 
It grows about three feet high, and is much branched, with 
connate leaves. Also a Comesperma, numerous species of 
Hyptis, a Lecythis, several Malpighiacee, two or three kinds 
of Anthodon, many Loranthacee, a splendid Cyrtopodium, 
springing from the stem of a large Palm, the flowering-stalk 
about four feet high, much branched, and bearing numerous 
orange blossoms, spotted with red, which exhale an. odour of 
Wallflower ; some fine species of Gomphia, a Callisthene, 
Perhaps C. fasciculata (Mart.) &c., &c. n 
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