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AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. 



whicli in some districts is an exotic introduced by the Jesuits — hence its name, 

 arhol de las Misiones, " Mission tree." 



To the arborescent flora of spontaneous growth the people are indebted for 

 the staple of their export trade, yerba mate. Besides the forests, which cover 

 the greater part of the region east of the Paraguay, stretches of savannas occur 



Fig. 129. — FoEEST AND Campos Regions. 

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here and there, nearly all occupied by waving seas of the ntaccga grass, which 

 grows to the height of a man. The hard stalk and sharp blades of this plant 

 make travelling extremely difficult, and even dangerous. 



Like the flora, the fauna belongs to the Brazilian zone. There are three 

 species of monkeys, blood-sucking vam^Dires, jaguars, puinas, tapirs, besides 



