APPENDIX. 



f HAVE in a former part of this volume mentioned 

 Dr. Manoel Arruda da Camara, as having published 

 two pamphlets at Rio de Janeiro, in 1810. One of 

 these is entitled, " A Dissertation upon the Plants of 

 Brazil from which fibrous substances may be obtained, 

 adapted to various uses in society, and which may 

 supply the place of hemp ; the enquiry being made by 

 order of the Prince Regent." The other pamphlet is 

 called, "An Essay on the utility of establishing gardens 

 in the principal provinces of Brazil, for the cultivation 

 of new plants." 



I shall only give those parts of the works which may 

 be interesting to English readers. — Transl. 



A DISSERTATION, &c. 



Section 1st. 



Of Plants which afford Fibres, properly so called. 



Caroa, Bromelia variegata : — Arrud. Cent. Plant. 

 Pern. — The description is taken from my Centuria of 

 the genera and species of new plants of Pernambuco. 



Class, Hexandria : — Order, Monogynia : — Divi- 

 sion, Flowers complete. 



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