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Inga (No. 8). A large tree ; the flowers white. Growing on the Organ Mountains. 



(No. 9) ; a second species. 



(No. 10) ; a third species. 



Czesalpinia (No. 3). A lofty tree, with the trunk somewhat slender. The yellow-flow- 

 ered summits conspicuous in the distance here and there throughout the forest, to the 

 end of our excursion beyond the Organ Mountains. 



Cassia (No. 20). A small tree, with yellow flowers, and rather showy. Frequent on 

 Mount Corcovado. 



(No. 21); another species, becoming a small tree. 



(No. 22). A small shrub, a foot high. On the submaritime sands near the 



Lagoa de Peteninga; rare. 



(No. 23) ; a fourth species. 



(No. 24) ; a fifth species. 



Bauhinia (No. 5). A small tree. Frequent along the road-side, after crossing the Estrella 

 Gap of the Organ Mountains. 



(No. 6). A woody vine ; the leaves elongate, acute. 



(No. 7) ; a third species. A woody vine. 



(No. 8) ; a fourth species. A woody vine. — In general, the species of Bauhinia 



proved far less abundant than we anticipated. 



Rubus (No. 28). Frequent from the coast to and beyond the Organ Mountains; but 

 seeming exceptional, out of place amid the Tropical growth. 



Cuphea (No. 2). A small herbaceous plant, like all the following species. Frequent. 



(No. 3). Frequent. (Perhaps the species observed growing in the above-men- 

 tioned Sphagnous bog, at the Eastern base of the Organ Mountains.) 



(No. 4). Met with beyond the Organ Mountains. 



flava (No. 5). The flowers yellow. On the submaritime sands, near the Lagoa de 



Peteninga; rare. 



Rhizophora mangle, (compare No. 1 Samoa to Luzon and Sooloo) ; the mangrove. In 

 salt-marshes, and forming miry swamps along the bay-shore within reach of the tide. 



Laguncularia racemosa, (No. 1.) A shrub or small tree. Abundantly intermingled in 

 the mangrove swamps along the shores of the bay. 



Terminalia? (No. 7). 



Gen. Terminalioid (No. 1). A shrub ; four spines below each tuft of leaves. 



Vochysia (No. 1). A small tree, with showy deep-yellow flowers in terminal upright 



racemes. Finely in flower on the 31st of December; when, being conspicuous at a long 



distance, the tree was found to be frequent on Mount Corcovado. 



Phaseolus vulgaris ? (No. 10). Black beans, all of one variety, a principal article of 

 food everywhere in the Interior. 



Acacia (No. 40). Called the "umbrella tree;" highly ornamental from its very large 

 compound leaves radiating at the end of the branches, so that young stocks that are 

 simple-stemmed have much of the aspect of arborescent ferns. Seen only in gar- 

 dens. 



(No. 41). Much cultivated for hedges. 



Tamarindus Indica, (bis No. 1 Hindostan and the Cape Verd Islands). Cultivated. 

 Poinciana pulcherrima, (bis Taheiti, Hawaiian Islands, &c.). Seen only in gardens. 



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