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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Gen. Melastomac. (No. 1). A tree of medium size, forty to fifty feet high. 



(No. 2) ; perhaps not a congener of the preceding species. A tree of medium 



size, the trunk sometimes' two feet in diameter. 

 Gen. Melastomac. (No. 1). Herbaceous. Growing in the above-mentioned Sphagnous 



bog, at the Eastern base of the Organ Mountains. 

 • (No. 2). Herbaceous. Growing in company with the preceding species, in the 



same Sphagnous bog. — One or two other herbaceous Melastomaceoe were met jvith, in 



difierent localities. 



Melastomac. incert. — In all, more than thirty species of 3Mastomacece were met with, 



mostly shrubs, belonging to several distinct genera. 

 Psidium (No. 1). A shrub. Growing at the base of the Organ Mountains. 



(No. 2) ; a second species. 



(No. 3) ; a third species. 



Myrtus (No. 16). A shrub, twelve feet high; the leaves small. Submaritime; growing 



on the sands along the sea-shore. 



(No. 17) ; apparently congeneric with the preceding species. 



? (No. 18). A shrub ; the leaves small and obliquely placed, all in one and the 



same plane. On the Organ Mountains; rare. 



(No. 19) ; a fourth species. 



(No. 20) ; a fifth species. 



(No. 21); a sixth species. 



(No. 22) ; a seventh species. 



Myrcia (No. 1). 



(No. 2); a second species. 



(No. 3) ; a third species. 



(No. 4) ; a fourth species. 



(No. 5) ; a fifth species. 



(No. 6) ; a sixth species. 



Calyptranthes (No. 1). 



(No. 2) ; apparently congeneric with the preceding species. 



(No. 3) ; apparently congeneric with the two preceding species. 



? (No. 4). A low shrub ; the leaves roundish, and with all the herbaceous parts 



excessively brittle ; the flowers, also, falling at the slightest touch. Submaritime : 

 Growing on the sands of the sea-shore, in extensive scattered beds, about a foot high. 



(No. 5) ; a fifth species. 



Fragaria. Strawberries cultivated at March's residence, at the elevation of "3100 feet" 



among the Organ Mountains. 

 Rosa. One or more species, planted in hedges. 



Pyrus communis, (bis Persian Gulf, New Zealand, Australia, Austral Africa, and St. 

 Helena) ; the pear. Cultivated. 



Mains sylvestris, (bis Yemen, New Zealand, Australia, and Austral Africa) ; the apple. 

 Cultivated; and on the mountain-ridges at Tijuca, trees observed bearing at the same 

 time both fruit and flowers. 



Cydonia vulgaris, (bis Yemen, Australia, and the United States) ; the quince. Culti- 

 vated at March's residence. 



