BRAZILIAN REGIONS. Ql 



Canna (Indica? No. 1); the flowers red. Frequent in the vicinity of the sea; and ob- 

 served also in inland situations. 



(No. 2). Sixteen feet high. Growing along the banks of the Rio Piabanha. 



(No. 3); a third species. 



(No. 4); a fourth species. 



Heliconia (No. 1). Very showy, from its large sword-like spike of scarlet spathes or 

 flower-bracts. Frequent in wettish situations, inundated by small streams in the forest. 

 Marica ? (No. 1). On the crest of the mountain-ridge visited at Tijuca. 

 Hypoxis (No. 4); resembling our H. graminea, but lower, and less conspicuous. Frequent 

 f (in dry, open, long-established clearings). 



Crinum (No. 3); the flowers white. In extensive beds, occupying many acres of the sub- 

 maritime marshes along the Estrella estuary. 



; white-flowered, but perhaps distinct from No. 3. Along the banks of the E.io 



Piabanha, at the end of our excursion. 



(No. 4). The flowers small, copper-colored. In the salt-marsh at Piedade, rare. 



"Amaryllis" (No. 1). Bulbous-rooted and epidendric, growing on the trunks of trees. 



(No. 2); "a second epidendric species," Brackenridge. 



Furcrasa gigantea, (No. 1). Met with in wild situations, though for the most part arti- 

 ficially disseminated; stocks sometimes planted in a row, to serve as a hedge. 

 Smilax (No. 15). Occasionally met with. 



■ (No. 16) ; a second species. 



• • (No. 17); a third species. 



Dioscorea (No. 10). An herbaceous vine. 



(No. 11); a second species. An herbaceous vine. 



(No. 12); a third species. An herbaceous vine. 



Bromelia (No. 1). Chiefly epidendric, on the trunks and branches of trees ; but like 

 most of the following species, growing sometimes on rocks, and even on the ground. 



(No. 2). Abounding on the Estrella Peak of the Organ Mountains, especially 



between the elevation of 3500 feet and the mountain-top. 



(No. 3). The flowers red. 



(No. 4). The flowers rose-colored. 



(No. 5) ; a fifth species. 



(No. 6); a sixth species. 



(No. 7). The flowers yellow. 



(No. 8) ; an eighth species. 



(No. 9); a ninth species. 



(No. 10). The flowers blue. 



(No. 11; an eleventh species. 



(No. 12). Growing on the sands of the sea-shore. 



(No. 13) ; a thirteenth species. 



Ficus carica, (bis Hindostan, Zanzibar, and the Mediterranean countries); the common 

 fifl. The fruit for sale in the market. Seen also under cultivation at March's residence. 



(No. 55). A single large tree, with branches extending fifty feet outwards, and 



by a rare exception, horizontal and near the ground. Planted at the residence of 

 Padre Correa, beyond the Organ Mountains, and towards the Ilio Piabanha. 



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