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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Hyptis (No. 1 ; bis? Luzon and Mindanao). The flowers capitate. Frequent along road- 

 sides, and in other open situations. 



spicata ? (No. 2 ; bis Mindanao.) Frequent along road-sides, in the outskirts of 



the city ; (perhaps not indigenous in this part of Tropical America). 



Salvia splendens, (No. 5). Herbaceous, six feet high, with the stem quadrangulai', 

 although two-thirds of an inch in diameter. On the banks of a streamlet below the 

 residence of Mr. Lecesne at Tijuca; perhaps not really indigenous there. 



(No. 6) ; a second species, having scarlet flowers. Beyond the Organ Mountains. 



(No. 7) ; a third species having scarlet flowers. 



(No. 8) ; a fourth species having scarlet flowers. 



Lantana (No. 2). The flowers orange-colored. A shrub, like the species generally. 



(No. 3) ; a second species having orange-colored flowers. A shrub. 



(No. 4) ; a third species having orange-colored flowers. A shrub. 



(No. 5) ; a fourth species having orange-colored flowers. A shrub. 



(No. 6). The flowers purple. A shrub. 



(No. 7) ; a second purple-flowered species. A shrub. 



(No. 8). The flowers white. A shrub. 



(No. 9). The only herbaceous species met with. Growing near the sea-coast. 



Avicennia (compare No. 1 Sooloo, Ilindostan, and Zanzibar^. Growing in salt marshes, 



intermingled abundantly in the mangrove-swamps. 

 Meudozia (No. 1). An herbaceous vine. Frequent. 



(No. 2); a second species. Also an herbaceous vine. More rare. 



Justicia (No. 32). The flowers purple. Met with in various places, growing on the 



banks of streams. 

 (No. 33) ; a second species. 



• (No. 34). Having a tetragonal spike of yellow flowers. Growing on Mount 



Corcovado, and also on the Organ Mountains. 

 (No. 35) ; a fourth species. 



Plumbago (No. 6). The fruit very viscous. Growing near the bay shore. 



Pisonia (No. 2). A shrub with smooth, tender and somewhat ornamental foliage, and 



smooth fruit; in these respects agreeing with all the species we met with in Brazil. 



Rather frequent. 



(No. 3) ; a second species. A shrub ; rather frequent. 



(No. 4); a third species. A shrub. 



(No. 5) ; a fourth species. Also a shrub. 



Boerhaavia (No. 11). Not very often met with. 



Verbascum blattaria ?. Naturalized. — The variety of Northern plants that had established 

 themselves and were growing spontaneously in the environs of the city, seemed surpri- 

 sing : yet they were neither abundant, nor in a very thriving condition. Indeed, weeds 

 in general did not appear to be very troublesome. 



Capraria (No. 1). 



Scoparia (No. 1 ; bis environs of Manila). Frequent. 



Leonurus Tataricus ? (bis Manila). A frequent weed in cultivated ground. Introduced. 

 Leonotis (leonurus ? ; bis Cape Town in Austral Africa). Growing in waste ground, 

 within the limits of the city. Introduced. 



