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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Pitcairnia (No. 1). 



(No. 2) ; a second species. 



Tillandsia (No. 2). Bpidendric on the wide-spreading branches of the planted solitary 

 Ficus, at the residence of Padre Correa, beyond the Organ Mountains. 



(No. 3); a second epidendric species. 



(No. 4); a third epidendric species. 



(No. 5); a fourth epidendric species. 



(No. 6) ; a fifth epidendric species. 



(No. 7) ; a sixth epidendric species. 



(No. 8); a seventh epidendric species. 



(No. 9) ; an eighth epidendric species. 



(No. 10); a ninth epidendric species. 



Pontederia (No. 2). The flowers conspicuously larger than in our P. cordata. Aquatic ; 



growing in shoal water along the margin of the Estrella estuary, and elsewhere. 



(No. 3) ; perhaps a second species ; the flowers smaller. 



Heteranthera (No. 2) ; resembling our North American species. In pools, frequent. 

 Dichorisandra thyrsiflora, (No. 2). Ornamental from its bright-colored flowers; and in 



various localities frequent. 

 Tradescantia ? (No. 2). 



Nov. gen. " fuscata," (No. 1); Tradescantia of authors. Depressed and low; the leaves 



bi-colored, (reddish beneath). In the deep forest. 

 Commelina (No. 8). 



(No. 9) ; a second species. 



(No. 10) ; a third species. 



(No. 11) ; a fourth species. 



(No. 12) ; a fifth species. 



(No. 13) ; a sixth species. 



(No. 14) ; a seventh species. 



(No. 15) ; an eighth species. 



(No. 16) ; a ninth species. 



(No. 17) ; a tenth species. — Commelinacece were frequent, and in much variety ; 



but were not critically examined. 

 Xyris (No. 4). In sphagnous bogs, somewhat rare. 



Gen. Palmac. (No. 1). A vine, readily passed by and overlooked ; but remarkable for 

 climbing by means of reflexed spines on the prolonged midrib of the fronds. In 

 woods, near the fortress at the entrance to the bay. 



Gen. Palmac. (No. 1). Twenty feet high; fronds very large, with long spines on the 

 petiole and midrib. Frequent. 



Gen. Palmac. (No. 1). Low; the pinnulas eroded at the apex. On the Organ Mountains. 



Gen. Palmac. (No. 1). 



Oreodoxa ? (No. 1). Thirty feet high. A stock growing near Mage, on the Piedade road. 



Artocarpus incisa, (bis Polynesian Groups, &c.) ; the bread-fruit tree. Planted. 



Salix Babylonica, (bis St. Helena, and the United States). Planted at March's resi- 

 dence, at the Serra do Coito. 



Casuarina equisetifolia, (bis Polynesian Groups, and the East Indies). Planted around 

 houses. 



