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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Pbyllanthus (No. 25). A shrub, about six feet high; ornamental from the foliage, the 

 leaves being quite small. Met with beyond the Organ Mountains. 



(No. 26). "A small species," Brackenridge. 



(No. 27). Herbaceous. 



Urtica (No. 14). Stinging; the leaves coarsely dentate. 



(No. 15) ; a second species. 



(No. 16) ; a third species. 



(No. 17); a fourth species. 



(No. 18) ; a fifth species. 



(No. 19) ; a sixth species. 



(No. 20); a seventh species. 



(No. 21); an eighth species. Most of these eight species were large shrubs. No 



herbaceous species of Urtica met with, as far as recollected at the close of our visit. 

 Celtis (No. 9). A small tree. 



(No. 10). A shrub. 



(No. 11) ; a third species. 



(No. 12) ; a fourth species. 



(No. 13) ; a fifth species. 



(No. 14) ; a sixth species. These six species, forming shrubs, and some of them 



small trees, were neither normal, nor perhaps all of them congeneric. 

 Ficus (No. 44). A lofty tree, with thin board-like buttresses projecting outwards around 



the base of the trunk. Met with in the forest at Tijuca, also on Mount Corcovado, 



and on the Organ Mountains. 

 (No. 45). A tree, twenty feet high; the fruit hirsute. Submaritime; growing 



on the sands of the sea-shore. 



(No. 46) ; a third species. 



(No. 47); a fourth species. 



■ (No. 48) ; a fifth species. 



(No. 49); a sixth species. 



(No. 50) ; a seventh species. 



(No. 51); an eighth species. 



(No. 52); a ninth species. 



(No. 53) ; a tenth species. 



(No. 54) ; an eleventh species. The observed species of Fieus, all attained the 



dimensions of trees ; and several, formed trees of the largest size. 



Nov. Gen. (No. 2?). A small tree; the receptacle of the fruit expanding, as in Dorste- 

 nia, or like a fig that has been opened and turned outwards. Growing on submaritime 

 sands, near the Lagoa de Peteninga. 



Stachytarpha (No. 1; compare Hawaiian Islands, Tongataboo, and Bombay). One of the 



most abundant weeds, along road-sides, and in other open situations. 

 Priva ( lappulacea ; bis Peru and Taheiti). Growing as a weed. 



(Volkameria) fragrans. An abundant weed in waste ground ; being a counterpart to 



our Northern Datura stramonium, and possessing a very similar odor. 

 Mirabilis (compare No. 1 California). Introduced. 



Chenopodium. Two or more species naturalized, and growing as weeds around houses. 



