230 POPULAR GEOGRAPHY OF PLANTS. 



tion seems covered with snow, and the blossoms have a most 

 delightful fragrance." They are small (not more than half 

 an inch across), with five divisions, and are well set off by 

 the contrast of the dark green leaves. Their structure 

 places them, botanically, between Madderworts (Rubiacete), 

 and Caprifoils. Above these Coffee-plantations we often see 

 the hills covered with the Brazilian Pine (Araucaria Brasi- 



Another plant which we see extensively cultivated is the 

 important Mandiocca, or Cassava, a shrub about eight feet 

 in height, belonging to the Spurge tribe (EupJiorbiacetz) . 

 But we must find another opportunity for making acquaint- 

 ance with the nature and uses of this and other cultivated 

 plants, as now we are not disposed to be any longer detained 

 from our promised expedition to the Organ Mountains. On 

 our way thither we shall see enough of the Mandiocca, as 

 the road, during the last part of the journey, winds round 

 many low hills, the sides of which are covered with planta- 

 tions of it. 



But leaving these behind, we now fall into a path (if such 

 it can be called) which leads through one dense forest to 

 the height of some 4000 feet up the mountain; and even 

 on the loftiest peaks, which are about 7500 feet above the 



