3?2 PLANTS GROWING IN THE STREETS OP CARACAS. 
belongs to a plant which was brought me under that name, but does 
not bear it. The true Bejuco de cadena is Baiihinia suaveolens, H. B. 
and K. ; DC. Prod. ii. 517, which T suppose to be the same as ScJinella 
sjplendens, Benth. ; Griseb. p. 214. It has got the name (Chain-vine) 
from its principal use. In the interior houses are built without using 
a single nail, beams and rafters being securely tied together with the 
tough and flexible stems of the Bejuco de cadena. 
PLANTS GROWING IN THE STREETS OE CARACAS, 
By a. Ernst, Esq. 
Dr. Ed, Vogel, the African traveller, once prepared a Elorula of 
the Berlin streets. The following is a contribution towards that of a 
tropical city, the capital of a large South American Republic. 
Only the streets of the central parts are considered ; all are paved. 
No account is taken of the gardens. I mention only the plants which 
are always found, beginning with the most common, and adding their 
popular names. There are no trees. 
1. Eleusine Indica^ Goertn. Guarataro inc. 
2. Portulaca oleracea, L. Verdolaga, 
3. Oxalis corniciilata^ L. Vinagrillo. 
4. Sida rJwmhifolia^ L. Escoha hahosa, 
5. PappopJiomm alopectiroides^ V. Rabo de zorro, 
6. Pilea muscosa^ L. ? 
7. TelayitJiera polygonoides^M.o({. (var. compacta), 
8. Euphorbia pi'osti^ata, Ait. Golondrino, 
9. Boerhaavia paniculata^ Rich, 
10. Seuebiera pinnatUida y J)G , 
11. Lepidlum Virginicumj L. {Mastuerzo silvestre?) 
12. Parthenium Hysterophorus^ L. Escoba amarga. 
13. Chenopodhtm ambrosioides^ L. Pazote. 
14. Amarantiis panictdatus, Moq. Pira. 
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15. Heliotropimn IndkuMy L, Eabo di Alacran. 
16. Eclipta alba, Hassk. 
17* Capraria Ijflora^ L. Fregosa. 
18. Desmanthus 'depressics, Kth. 
