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Areca Bacaba. Bacaha. Koster, 490. 



= a^.nocarpus Bakaba Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. 24. The ver- 

 nacular name is cited by Martins {I.e., and Syst. Mat. Med. 15), 

 by Miers, and by other authors. 

 Aristolochia grandiflora. Papo de Peru. Koster, 499. 



Martius (Mat. Med. Bras. 107) identifies this with A. cymhlfem 

 Mart. & Zucc. 

 Arum liniferum. Animja. Koster, 483. 



= Montrkhardia linifera H. Schott, Araceen Betreff. 5 (1854) ! 

 BiGNONiA tinctoria. Firavf/n. Koster, 497. 



= B. Chica Humb. & Bonpl. Martius (Mat. Med. Bras. 124) 

 cites the same vernacular name, and his account of the uses of the 

 plant tallies with that of Arruda. 

 BoMBAX ventricosa. Barrbjiida or Sumauma. Koster, 489. 



= Chorisia ventricosa Nees & Mart, in Nov. Act. Leopold. -Carol. 

 xi. 102 1 

 BoMBAX MEDiTERRANEA. Eiitbirataiiha. (l. c.) 



Perhaps = the preceding, to which Miers assigns the vernacular 

 name. 

 Bromelia variegata. Caron. Koster, 475. 



= Neofjlazlovia variegata Mez in Fl. Bras. iii. 3, 427 ! 

 Bromelia Sagenaria. Crauata de Rede. Koster, 478. 



= Ananas Sagenaria Schultes fil. in Roem. & Schult. Syst. vii. 

 1286! 



= A. sativus var. hracteatus Mez, i.e. 293! 



Bromelia muricata. Ananas da A(julha. Koster, 481. 



= A. murieatus Schultes fil. I. c. 1287 ! 



= A. sativus var, vmricatus Mez, /. c. ! 

 Carlotea formosissima. Carapitaia. 

 Carlotea speciosa. Bilros. 



" Two beautiful species of a new genus, which I have dedicated 

 to H.R.H. the Princess of Brazil : the roots of these plants are 

 tuberous, abounding with soft and nutritive fecula, which has 

 afforded assistance to the people of the Sertam of Pajau in times of 

 drought. These plants are worthy of being cultivated not only 

 from their utility, but for the purpose of ornamenting gardens, 

 their flowers being umbellate, crimson, and very beautiful." — 

 Koster, 493. 



Neither Miers nor Allemao throws any light on the local names, 

 and Jackson says, " Gen. ignot." There can be little doubt, how- 

 ever, that the genus is to be referred to Hippeastnim, although the 

 species can hardly be identified. Seubert (in Fl. Bras. iii. i. 146) 

 suggests that C. speciosa = Zeplujrantlies eandida Herb., but this 

 cannot be, as the latter has solitary white flowers. 

 Cissus TINCTORIA. Anil trepador. Koster, 496. 



Jackson gives C. tinctoria Arrud. as distinct from C. tinctoria 

 Mart. They are, however, clearly identical : Arruda (/. c.) and 

 Martius (Mat. Med. Bras. 126) give the same vernacular name, 

 and this is also cited by Eichler in Fl. Bras. xiv. ii. 218, where the 



