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Eugenia (No. 3). 



(No. 4) ; a second species. 



(No. 5) 5 a third species. 



uniflora, (No. 6) ; Plinia of Linn. An arborescent shrub, twelve to twenty feet 



high. Submaritime ; abounding on the sands along the sea-shore. The conserved fruit 

 well known in Brazil under the name of " padangas." 



(No. 7) ; a fifth species. 



(No. 8); a sixth species. 



(No. 9) ; a seventh species. 



(No. 10) ; Greggia of Gaertn. A shrub. Growing in the vicinity of the Organ 



Mountains. 

 (No. 11) ; a ninth species. 



(No. 12). A tree; the fruit sessile on the trunk and branches, and of the size 



of a small apple. 



(No. 13) ; an eleventh species. 



(No. 14) ; a twelfth species. 



(No. 15) ; a thirteenth species. \ 



(No. 16); a fourteenth species. 



(No. 17) ; a fifteenth species. - 



(No. 18) ; a sixteenth species. 



(No. 19) ; a seventeenth species. 



(No. 20) ; an eighteenth species. 



(No. 21) ; a nineteenth species. 



Gustavia? (No. 1). A tree of the largest size, known by the fallen flowers. Met with 



in the primeval forest, at the elevation of 4000 feet on the Organ Mountains. 

 Lecythis (No. 1). A tree of more than medium size, with showy bright-yellow flowers. 



Occasionally met with. 

 Jussiaea (No. 6). Herbaceous, two to five feet high. Frequent with other species, in 



marshes and wet ground. 

 (No. 7). Growing in the above-mentioned Sphagnous bog, at the Eastern base 



of the Organ Mountains. 



(No. 8) ; a third species. Growing in wet ground. 



(No. 9) ; a fourth species. In wet ground. 



(No. 10). Remarkable for its white flowers. In wet ground, on the Piedade road. 



Cucurbitacese. Occasionally met with, but neither abundant, nor in much variety. 



The species observed belonged to three or four genera that were new to me; none 



of them bearing conspicuous flowers, nor large fruit. 



Amygdalus Persica, (bis Hawaiian Islands, Zanzibar, New Zealand, and Australia) ; the 

 peach. Cultivated by Mr. March, at the elevation of "3100 feet" among the Organ 

 Mountains ; but he had experienced " much dilficulty in getting the trees accustomed 

 to the climate." 



Punica granatum, (bis Hindostan, Zanzibar, and No. 1 Oman and the mountains of Ye- 

 men). Planted in gardens. 



Jambosa vulgaris, (bis Zanzibar); the white-fruited rose-apple. Cultivated; the fruit 

 insipid, with a weak aromatic flavor. 



