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the definite conclusion I had already formed in this 

 connexion, viz. that Dr. Ule's so-called new Manihots 

 are really the Manihot Glaziovii adapted to, and in- 

 fluenced by, the environments of their emigrant 

 home. Thus I found within a radius of ioo yards 

 no less than six different species, the individual leaves 

 of which are shown in the photographs herewith, 

 each and all, however, emphasising their relationship 

 to their original parent, Manihot Glaziovii, by occa- 

 sional and promiscuous reversion in leaf structure 

 in many cases identical with that of the Ceara tree. 



Dr. Ule spent many months in the southern parts 

 of Brazil searching for new Manihots, of which there 

 were said to be quite a large number not yet 

 identified, and the three kinds above named were the 

 result of his researches. 



But if we are to accept these as being new and 

 quite distinct from the true Manihot (Glaziovii), then 

 Dr. Ule will have to add materially to his list, in- 

 asmuch as nearly every province in south-east 

 Brazil possesses a Manicoba tree varying in some dis- 

 tinctive feature from its compeers, but possessing at 

 the same time all the essential features of the parent 

 stock. Thus the Manicobas of the province of 

 Sergipe are named Candelabra, but they are almost 

 the living image of some of the Dichotomas I saw at 

 Maha-Illupalama, in the north of Ceylon. 



As a matter of fact the Dichotoma is really the 

 Jequie Manicoba, the Piauhyensis being the old and 

 well-known Piauhy Manicoba, whilst the so-called 

 Heptaphylla is only another name for the Manicoba 

 of Rio. 



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