A NATURALIST IN BRAZIL 



Edentata, 168-9 



Eel, 116-17 



Egret, 164, 180 



Eichhornia, belongs to the Pontederiaceae, and is related to the Liliaceae. Besides 

 the Eichhornia crassipes described, the Agua-pe or "Water-foot," there is 

 the Eichhornia azurea, with a blue inflorescence, and Pontederia cordata, 

 known in Brazil as Murure (PI. 27, bottom, right). 42, 58, 1 18-19, ^5^ 



Elateridae, 228 



Electric Eel, 1 75 



Elephant-Beetle, Megasoma elephas, 1 76 



"Elephant-Louse," 41 



Emerald Bee, see Euglossa. 



Emerald Snake, Cobra verde, Philodryas aestiva, Shotti, Olwersi. Burnished 

 Snake, Oxybelis fulgidus, 343 



Endosperm, 39 



Engenhos, 145, 150 



Entada scandens, 97 



"Enxada," cultivation by, 145 



Epiphytes, 100-12 



Espigo de Sangue (Balanophoraceae), to which the Lophophytum mirabile 

 belongs, whose spadices, according to Warburg, may reach a weight of 

 30 lb. In Helosis guyanensis the spadices are borne on steles. Langsdorffia 

 hypogaea has antler-shaped stems in the bast of the host, and flowers like 

 those of certain thistles. 1 1 1 



Espirito Santo, 31, 114 



Eucalyptus. There are 160 species, mostly natives of Australia (Myrtaceae), 155-7, 

 366 



Euglossa cordata and smaragdina, a Bee wdth long proboscis : see W. A. Schulz, 

 Allg. Zeitschr.fiir Entomologie, 1901. 295 



Euphorbia pulcherrima, see Parrot-Flower. 



Euphorbias, 67-8, 120, 121, 134, 237-8 



Facheiro, see Cacti. 



Fan-palms. These are the palms with fan-shaped leaves. A certain Banana-plant, 

 whose leaves are gathered into a fan-shaped crown, is also called a Fan- 

 palm in Brazil : Ravenala madagascariensis. 



Farinha, 142-3 



Favelliera, Pachystroma acanthophyllum, a Euphorbia, 124 



Fazendas, 129, 145-57 



Feijoada, 142 



Ferns, climbing, 91 



Ferreiro. i. Araponga (Procnias nudicollis). 2. Turucuhe (Synallaxis ruficapilla) 

 and the larger Phacelodomus rufifrons (PI. 28, 22 and 20). 3. Hammer- 

 frog (Hyla faber). 126, 130, 187-8, 251, 270, 271 



Field-wasp, Polistes ; for example, P. versicolor, 292-3 



Fig, fertilisation of, see Fig-wasp. 



Fig-cactus, 126, 242 



Fig-tree, Ficus (Moraceae), 10 1, 243-4 



Fig-wasp, Blastophaga brasiliensis, for seven Brazilian figs. They belong to the 

 Chalcididae, 243-4 



Filaria, Filaria Bancrofti, a threadworm, 354 



Finches, 257 



"Finger of God," Dedo do Deus, 72 



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