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Dorstenia (No. 1). In the dripping forest on the Estrella Peak of the Organ jMountains, 

 frequent at the elevation of 3500 to 4000 feet. 



■ (No. 2'); a second species. 



(No. 3); a third species. 



(No. 4) ; a fourth species. The observed species of Dorstenia were in general 



rare ; growing only in moist situations, in the deepest shade ; as hy the side of moun- 

 tain torrents. 



Cecropia (No. 1). One of the most conspicuous and characteristic trees of the Brazilian 

 forest; very lofty; the trunk slender, smooth, whitish, and somewhat flexuous. Fre- 

 quent on the Organ Mountains. 



(No. 2); there seemed to be two species, one with sessile, and the other with 



short-pedicclled fruit ; but the leaves were not critically compared. 



(No. 3). A young stock only; the leaves hirsute, and extremely large, (xrow- 



ing in the Piedade Gap of the Organ Mountains, at the elevation of about 3000 feet. 



Piper (No. 16). 



(No. 17) ; a second species. 



(No. 18) ; a third species. 



■ (No. 19) ; a fourth species. 



(No. 20) ; a fifth species. 



(No. 21) ; a sixth species. 



(No. 22). Having large. Arum-like leaves, and very long spikes. Frequent. 



(No. 23) ; an eighth species. 



(No. 24) ; a ninth species. 



(No. 25); a tenth species. 



(No. 26); an eleventh species. 



(No. 27) ; a twelfth species. The observed species of Piper were all shrubs ; 



and the Tribe was ascertained to be exogenous; transverse sections of stems exhibiting 

 a distinct bark, and a few wood-radii, but no concentric rings of growth. 



Gen. near Piper (No. 1). A shrub. Growing in the forest. 



(No. 2 ; perhaps not congeneric.) 



(No. 8). 



(No. 4). 



Peperomia (No. 20). A tender, inconspicuous herb ; like most or all of the following 

 species. 



(No. 21). Leaves ovate, acute, of thick fleshy consistence. Growing on rocks, 



in the vicinity of the sea-shore. 



(No. 22). Leaves verticillate. Growing on rocks, along the Rio Piabanha. 



(No. 23). Epidendric; chiefly growing on the trunks of trees. 



(No. 24) ; a fifth species. Chiefly growing on the trunks of trees. 



(No. 25) ; a sixth species. Chiefly growing on the trunks of trees. 



(No. 26) ; a seventh species. Chiefly growing on the trunks of trees. 



• (No. 27) ; an eighth species. Chiefly growing on the trunks of trees. 



Beta vulgaris, fbis Australia, and the United States). Beets for sale in the market. 

 (Curcas purgans; bis Luzon, Bombay, Zanzibar, and No. 2 Cape Vcrd Islands); Jatropha 

 curcas of Linn. Planted in hedges and elsewhere; clearly, not indigenous. 



