LIST OF WOODCUTS. xix 



FAN BACCABA 335 



This Palm, called (Enocarpus distychius by botanists, is remarkable for the 

 arrangement of its leaves, which are placed opposite to each other on two 

 sides of the trunk, and higher and higher alternately, so that, seen from 

 one side, the two rows of leaves are equally visible, and have the appear 

 ance of a wide fan; seen in profile, they look like a narrow plume. 

 From a drawing by Mr. J. Burkhardt. 



SUMAUMEIRA 31)1 



This colossal tree is known to botanists under the name of Eriodendruoi 

 Sumauma, and may be seen everywhere in the basin of the Amazons. 

 From a photograph presented by Senhor Pimenta Bueno. 



GARAFOA, among the Organ Mountains ..... 486 



This peak is called the Finger by the English residents of Rio. The Bra 

 zilians liken it to a bottle. 



From a photograph by G. Leuziuger. 



ORGAN MOUNTAINS 400 



The loose boulder alluded to in the text stands on the fourth peak from the 

 left. 



From a photograph by G. Leuzinger. 



