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...d spiked. ' I have referred it .o He., on accoun. of .s habit and other characters, ^^^^^ 

 ,cseL of a st,e, and its pen^ndrons «owe. ^-Jant . a n^^" ^ p^^ce of Mn>as 0. __^ 

 Brazil, where it was discovered by my excellent fnend. Dr Martms, o 



represented in the plate, as well as for many other e,.a ly mterestmg noveK.. n ^^ ^^ ^^ 



M. de St. Hilaire met with his plant near Curitiba m the provmce of St^ P ulo and tt 

 suppose that this is the same as the plant from Paraguay. Smee the export of *» f^^J^^^J 

 prohibited by the present Dictator, Dr. Francia, the inhalutants "^ ^'^ ^^ ^^^ ^1 inferiol 

 supplied from Paraguay, are now obliged to use that from Brazd, w ht h ^J^ of the Braztl 



Persons ignorant of the specific distinction between the two trees, have attributed the „>feuor,ty 

 kind merely to the different mode of preparing the leaves. 



