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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



(Jacquemontia ? No. 1). Convolv., having small blue flowers. 



Evolvulus (No. 3j. 



(No. 4) ; a second species. 



Dicliondra (compare Chili, New Zealand, and Australia). — Except on the sea-shore, Con- 

 volvulacece -were decidedly rare; so as to be altogether lost sight of amid the general 

 vegetable growth. 



Varrouia (No. 1). A shrub, three to four feet high. Abounding in open situations, in 

 the neighborhood of the city, and along road-sides ; (and having much of the aspect 

 of an introduced plant.) 



Tournefortia (No. 4). A climbing shrub. 



(No. 5) ; a second species. 



(No. 6) ; a third species. 



(No. 7); a fourth species. 



(No. 8). A small tree, with the leaves hard and fragile. 



(No. 9); a sixth species. 



(No. 10) ; a seventh species. 



Oestrum (No. 1). A many-stemmed shrub, eight to twelve feet high. Growing in the 

 environs of Rio Janeiro, and observed also to be very abundant beyond the Organ 

 Mountains. 



(No. 2) ; a second species. 



(No. o) ; a third species. 



" Solandra grandiflora," (No. 1). A many-stemmed shrub, ten feet high. On the banks 

 of the Rio PiaVjanha, at the end of our excursion ; clearly indigenous. 



viridiflora, (No. 2). A shrub. At the Lagoa de Ereitas, rare, once only met with. 



Gen. near Solandra (No. 1); the flowers smaller, white and fragrant. A frequent orna- 

 mental shrub. 



Gen. incert. (No. 1). An herb, with filiform peduncles, and the corolla slender. Met 



with in several localities. 

 Nov. gen. ? (No. 1). An ornamental shrub, with the leaves coriaceous and entire, and 



the flowers white. 



(No. 2 ; perhaps not a congener of No. 1). 



(No. 3 ; perhaps not a congener of No. 1). 



Capsicum (No. 1). 



(No. 2) ; a second species. 



(No. 3) ; a third species. 



Asclepias Curassavica (No. 13 ; bis). Frequent, but apparently only naturalized. 

 Crescentia cujete, (No. 1) ; the calabash tree. Only seen planted. 



Bignonia (No. 14). A tree, thirty feet high, with large yellow flowers ; (perhaps 

 only seen planted.) 



Batatas edulis, (bis Metia and the Hawaiian Islands to New Zealand, the East Indies, and 



the United States). The roots for sale in the market. 

 Cuscuta. Growing on some low plants by the road-side ; probably not indigenous. 

 Heliotropium Europaeum. Naturalized. 



Tiaridium (compare No. 1 Luzon). Naturalized; and rather frequent, growing often in 

 wild situations. 



