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Gen. incert. (No. 1). A trifoliolate woody vine ; the fruit elongate, four valved. In shady 

 places, at the elevation of 3100 feet in the Piedade Gap of the Organ Mountains. 



Cissus quinquefolia, Sims; (No. 29). Often taking the form of a rigid, upright shrub, 

 four to five feet high. 



(No. 30). A woody vine ; rendered conspicuous when in flower or fruit, by its 



sanguineous branching peduncles. 



(No. 31); a third species. A woody vine. 



(No. 32) ; a fourth species. A woody vine. 



(No. 33); a fifth species. A woody vine. 



(No. 34). Other species of Cissus were met with ; but were not critically exa- 

 mined ; and in general, the Tribe proved less abundant than we anticipated. 



Oxalis urbica, (No. 16); normal. A small herbaceous species, allied to 0. violacea; the 

 flowers purple. Frequent along road-sides ; (perhaps not indigenous.) 



(No. 17); habit of Desmodium. A shrub, five feet high, with the stem half an 



inch in diameter. In woods, near the fortress at the entrance to the bay. 



(No. 18) ; a second Desmodium-like species. 



confertissima, St. Hil. ? (No. 19). Frequent beyond the Organ Mountains. 



fruticosa (No. 20). A shrub, with phyllodia, or foliaceous petioles, in place of 



leaves. Indigenous in the " environs of Kio Janeiro," found by Mr. Brackenridge. 

 Guaiacum ? (No. 1). 

 Almeidea (No. 1). 



Zanthoxylum (No. 1). A large tree. 

 (No. 2) ; a second species. 



Gomphia (No. 1). A shrub, five to eight feet high ; agreeing with Ochnacese in the 

 fruit. On the upper portion of the Organ Mountains, growing in the deep shade of 

 the " matto virgem" or primeval forest. 



Casearia? (No. 1). 



Rhus (No. 19) ; resembling our R. venenata. In a marsh at Tijuca. 

 (No. 20) ; a second species. 



Sophora littoralis (No. 2). Maritime, growing on the sea-beach. 

 Crotalaria (No. 23). Leaves simple; the flowers yellow. 



(No. 24). Herbaceous ; leaves trifoliolate ; the flowers yellow. 



(No. 25). Herbaceous ; leaves trifoliolate ; the flowers yellow. 



(No. 26). Herbaceous; leaves trifoliolate; the flowers yellow. 



Galactia (No. 2). An herbaceous vine. Rare. 



Citrus aurantium, (bis Polynesian Groups, Zanzibar, Egypt, Madeira, &c.). Oranges, for 

 sale in the market ; and the bitter variety seen under cultivation on the mountains 

 around the city, at the elevation of 2500 feet. — Other Aurantiaceae were met with, 

 some of the species planted, and others naturalized, but none indigenous. 



Cardiospermum, (compare G. helicacabum). 



Urvillea rufescens, St. Hil.; (No. 1). Planted in hedges. 



Vitis vinifera, (bis Hindostan, the mountains of Yemen, the island of Zanzibar, &c.); 



the grape. Cultivated. 

 Oxalis. A species having the habit of O. corniculata; herbaceous and humble; the 



flowers yellow. Growing by the road-side, beyond the Organ Mountains. 



