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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Indigofera (No. 24). A shrub, three to five feet high. Rather frequent to the end of 



our journey, beyond the Organ Mountains. 

 Clitoria (No. 1). Large blue flowers; and "in one instance white." Rather frequent. 



(No. 2) ; a second species. 



Zornia (No. 2). 

 Stylosanthes (No. 3). 



Aeschynomene (No. 2). Herbaceous; two to four feet high. In wet ground, frequent. 

 (No. 3) ; a second species. In wet ground. 



Desmodium (No. 34). Herbaceous, and inconspicuous. G-rowing in the forest. 



(No. 35) ; a second inconspicuous species. Growing in the forest. 



(No. 36) ; a third inconspicuous species. 



(No. 37); a fourth inconspicuous species. 



Rhynchosia (No. G). An inconspicuous herbaceous vine ; the flowers yellow. 



(No. 7) ; a second species. An inconspicuous herbaceous vine. 



(No. 8) ; a third species. An inconspicuous herbaceous vine. 



(No. 9) ; a fourth species. An inconspicuous herbaceous vine. 



Phaseolus (No. 8). A prostrate herbaceous vine. On the sands of the sea-coast, near 

 the Lagoa de Peteninga. 



(No. 9) ; a second species. 



Dolichos (No. 3). 



Mucuna (No. 7). A lofty climbing vine ; having each raceme of flowers pendulous, at 

 the end of a string-like peduncle six feet or more in length. 



(No. 8) ; a second species. 



(No. 9) ; a third species. 



Erythrina (No. 7). Only the young stocks seen ; the leaves very large, the terminal 

 leaflet measuring in one instance eighteen inches in the longest diameter. 



(No. 8). A small tree, with stout coarse branches, and showy purple flowers. 



At Tijuca and elsewhere. 



Pterocarpus? (No. 1). A small tree. Growing on the bay-shore at Praya Grande. 



Geoff"roya (No. 1). A large tree, with the habit of Juglans. Near the Lagoa de Pete- 

 ninga ; possibly planted. 



Mimosa (No. 10). Prostrate and herbaceous; the flowers purple. Frequent on sub- 

 maritime sands along the sea-shore. 



■ (No. 11) ; a second species. 



(No. 12) ; a third species. 



(Entada) scandens ? (compare No. 1, Samoa, Tongataboo, and the Feejee Islands). 

 Guilandina bonduc, (compare No. 1, Samoa to the Feejee Islands and Mindanao). Rare; 

 met with in two or three localities on the sea-shore. 



Tribulus ?. Growing in waste ground ; probably introduced. 



Anacardium Occidentale, (No. 1; bis Singapore, Hindostan, and Zanzibar). Planted 



as an object of cultivation. 

 Mangifera indica, (bis Luzon, Hindostan, and Zanzibar); the mango. The fruit for sale 



in the market. 



Arachis hypogea, (No. 1, bis Hindostan and Zanzibar). Seen only under cultiva- 

 tion. 



