xxn 



Illustrations. 



Leaves and Flowers of the Ce- 



dro Page 493 



Leaves, Fiuit, and Flower of Ma- 



9:uanduba 501 



Leaves, Nut, and Flower of Sapu- 



caya 503 



Pine-apple 509 



Caju Nut 611 



Abacate Pear 511 



Guava 512 



A Bunch of Cocoa-nuts 516 



Cacao Page 518 



Mandioca 519 



Branch of the India-rubber-tree. 529 

 Palms on the Middle Amazons... 535 

 Assai Palm {Euterpe oleraced).. 540 



The Vegetable-ivory Plant 549 



Diagram of Route from the Am- 

 azons Valley to the Pacific 



Ocean 553 



Map of Equatorial America End. 



The Maranon and its Tributaries " 



