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mostly of the genus Rhipsalis, and within the city itself rises the 
picturesque Corcovado, a thickly wooded mountain on whose slopes 
are found many rare ferns and tree-inhabiting cactuses. The 
Jardin Botanico in this city is one of the finest in the world. Over 
_Fic. 73.—Cereus jamacaru DC., near Joazeiro, Bra- 
zil, one of the largest cacti in the State of Bahia, 
Brazil. Photograph by Russell. 
two hundred species of palms from all parts of the tropics are here 
grown in the open, besides many other rare tropical plants. In an- 
other section of the city, in a fine large park called the Quinta Boa 
Vista, is the Museo Nacional, where a number of rare cactuses were 
found in the herbarium. 
