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A YEAR IN BRAZIL. 



Melastomacese, an infinite variety of Palms, Bromeliaceas, Myrta- 

 ceae ; Inga, Acacia, and other Leguminosse ; Euphorbiaceae, Malpi- 

 ghiaceae ; Smilax, Vanilla, many orchids and other epiphytes ; 

 tangled masses of hanging lichens, gigantic llianas; bignonias, 

 and a multitude of ferns — Polypodium, Adiantum, Anemia, etc. — 

 and tree-ferns. 



In the marshes I took Begonias, Juncaceae, Cyperaces, Com- 

 positae, Zinziberaceae, Amaryllideae, etc. 



I append a list of the few plants I saved from the damp which 

 ruined my collection ; they were named by the kindness of Messrs. 

 J. C. Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., James Britten, F.L.S., H. N. Ridley, 

 M.A., F.L.S., and William Carruthers, RR.S. The classification is 

 from the " Genera Plantarum," by G.Bentham and Sir J. D. Hooker, 

 London, 1862-1883, and from the "Synopsis Filicum," by Sir 

 W. J. Hooker and J. G. Baker, London, 1874. 



All the plants named were collected in the valley of the Rio 

 Camapuao, a small tributary of the Rio Paraop^ba, Minas Geraes, 

 or on the table-lands near the valley. 



RANUNCULACE/E. 

 Anemone decapetala, L. 



VlOLARI^. 

 Sauvagesia erecta, H. B. K. 



POLYGALE^. 

 Polygala paniculata, L. 



several other species. 

 Monnina sp. 



Malvace.^. 

 Pavonia sp. 

 Hibiscus sp. 

 Abutilon sp. 

 Sida sp. 



TlLIACE^. 

 Corchorus sp. 



LlNE^. 

 Erythroxylon sp. 



MaLPIGHIACE/E. 



Byrsonima sp. 



Leguminos^. 

 Crotalaria anagyroides, H.B.K. 

 Desmodium, two sp. 

 Stylosanthes sp. 

 Zornia diphylla, Pers. 

 Periandra coccinea, Mart. 

 Phaseolus sp. 

 Collsa speciosa, D,C. 

 Cassia, two sp. 

 'Mimosa dolens, Vdl. 

 Calliandra sp. 

 Inga semialata, Mart. 

 Inga sp. 



jEschynomene falcata, D.C. 

 Rhyncosia sp. 

 Indigofera sp. 



ROSACEjB. 

 Rubus rosaefolius, L. 



MyrtacE/E. 

 Psidium cinereum, Mart. 



pyriferum (guava). 



sp. 

 Myrcia, three sp. 



