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Philoxerus (No. 1). Maritime j covering extensive tracts on the sands of the sea-shore. 

 (No. 2). Maritime; in company with the preceding species, covering extensive 



tracts on the sands of the sea-shore. 

 ? (No. 3). Erect, and grass-leaved. Maritime; growing in a scattered manner 



on the sands of the sea-shore. 

 Chamissoa? (No. 1; compare Aerua introduced?). 



? (No. 2). — Except along the sea-shore, Aniaranthacefe were rare. 



Rivina (No. 1). Growing on rocks, along the bay shore at Praya Grande. 

 Phytolacca (No. 4). On burned tracts, "frequent," Brackenridge. 

 Salicornia (No. 9). In salt marshes, abundant. 



Begonia (No. 4). Abounding in the dripping forest on the Estrella Peak of the Organ 



Mountains, at the elevation of 3500 to 4000 feet. 

 (No. 5). Several other species met with; confined in general to moist, shady 



situations in the forest. 

 Coccoloba (No. 1). A shrub, devoid of any marked peculiarity; the leaves not orbicular. 



Submaritime ; growing on the sands along the sea-shore. 

 (No. 2); a second species. 



Laurus (No. 13). A tree of medium size. At Tijuca; rare, once only met with. 



(No. 14) ; a second species. 



(No. 15); a third species. 



Aristolochia labiosa, (No. 7). The flowers having a fetid odor. Seen only along the Pie- 

 dade road, where it was frequent (as far as the base of the Organ Mountains). 



(No. 8). Small-flowered. Rare. 



Pedilanthus (No. 1). 



Dalechampia (No. 2). An herbaceous Passiflora-like vine. 

 Tragia (No. 2). An herbaceous vine. 



(No. 3) ; a second species. 



Jatropha (No. 2). 



(No. 3). Having hispid leaves, and small flowers. 



(No. 4) ; a third species. 



(No. 5) ; a fourth species. 



(No. 6) ; a fifth species. 



(No. 7) ; a sixth species. 



Croton (No. 5). A spreading tree, forty feet high, with the trunk a foot in diameter ; 

 the leaves large. Beyond the Organ Mountains. 



(No. 6). A smaller tree. 



(No. 7). A shrub. 



(No. 8) ; a fourth species. A shrub. 



(No. 9) ; a fifth species. A shrub. 



(No. 10) ; a sixth species. A shrub. 



(No. 11). Herbaceous, and might at first be mistaken for an Amaranthus. In- 

 deed, most of the Brazilian Crotons seemed congeneric, and somewhat Amaranthi- 

 form. 



Verbena Bonariensis? (No. 10). Growing in hedges; and apparently, not indigenous in 

 the environs of Ilio Janeiro. 



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