INDEX 



Paca, Agouti paca, 173, 197, 201, 203 



Pachiuba palm, Iriartea exorrhiza (Palmae), 84, 136 



Painted Lady, 164 



Palisander = Jacarandd. 



Palm-beetle, Rhynchophorus palmarum, 279 



Palm-lily, see Yucca. 



Palms, 79, 83-4, 134, 366 



Palm-wasp, Pseudochartergus, 293 



Palmito, 84 

 jussara, Euterpe edulis (Palmae), 142 



Palmyra palm, 79 

 growth of, 84 

 climbing, 91 



Pandanus, 99 



Papa capim, Sporophila coerulescens, 257 



Papagaio, see Parrot-bush. 



Papaja, see Tree-Melon. 



Para Nuts, see Brazil-nut tree. 



Para Rubber-tree, see Seringueira. 



Parahyba, 358 



Parasites, 100-12 



Parasol Acacia, 366 



Parasol Fig, Arvore parasole, Ficus Roxburghii (Moraceae), 79 



Parasol Wasp, Apoica pallida, 293 



Parrot-bush, Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima (Euphorbiaceae), 134, 237 



Parrot-fish, Balistes vertula. Trigger-fish, or Catapult-fish, so called because it 

 spits out water, and is thereby able to bring down insects perched on twigs 

 above the water. By means of a dorsal spine (the trigger) the fish is able to 

 fix itself in the crevices of the rocks. The name of Parrot-fish is given also 

 to certain fish with hard beaksj the Scaridae, which are splendidly arrayed 

 in blue and white and red. They are mostly good eating. 47 



Parrots, 123, 136, 208, 215, 268 



Partridge, Perdiz, Rhynchotus rufescens (Tinamidae), 186 



Passion-flower, Maracuja, Passiflora coerulea, alata, edulis and other species. 

 Passiflora quadrangularis has splendid red flowers and fruits as large as 

 melons, which are good eating. The 300 species of Passion-flower are 

 mostly native in America; a few species are native in Polynesia. 42, 98, 

 140, 231 



"Pasteboard Ants," Camponotus, Aztece, Dolichoderus, 320 



"Pasteboard Wasps," 293-4 



Paternoster Pea (Abrus precatorius), in all tropical countries (Legimiinosae), 42 



Pau Brazil = Brazil-wood. 



Pau d'alho, Galexia gorazema (Phytolaccaceae). 



Pau d'arco, Tecoma heptaphylla. Pau d'arco means Bow-wood; the tough wood 

 is used for making bows, 70, 93 



Pau de ferro, see Ironwood. 



Pau de Jangada, Apeiba tibourbou, belongs to the Lindens (Tiliaceae), 23 



Peacock Moth, 236 



Peccary, two species, the CoUared Peccary or Catete (Pecari tajacu), and the 

 White-bearded Peccary or Queixada (Tayassu pecari), 177, 267 



Penguins, 49-51 



Pepper, 142 



Perandro, 279 



