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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Calypso ? St. Ilil., (No. 1) ; but the flowers not seen. On the Organ Mountains. 

 Tontelea scandens? (No. 1). A parasitic woodj vine, widely rambling over shrubs; 



and, unlike most woody vines, avoiding trunks of trees. 

 Banisteria (No. 2). A woody vine; the flowers yellow, as in all the Malpighiaceaj I met 



with in Brazil. 



(No. 3) ; a second species. A woody vine. 



(No. 4) ; a third species. A woody vine. 



(No. 5) ; a fourth species. A woody vine. 



(No. 6) ; a fifth species. A woody vine. 



(Byrsonima? No. 1). Banisteria-like, but an upright shrub, twelve feet high. Sub- 

 maritime ; frequent on the sands back of the sea-beach. 



Stigmaphyllon (No. 1). An herbaceous vine, having much of the aspect of Vitis. Grow- 

 ing over rocks in the neighborhood of the sea-coast. 



Heteropteris (No. 1). The under surface of the leaves covered with golden pubescence. 



(No. 2) ; a second species. 



(No. 3) ; a third species. 



Tt'trapteris (No. 1). Frequent. 



Paujlinia (No. 2). A woody vine, more or less climbing. 



(No. 3) J a second species. A woody vine. 



(No. 4) ; a third species. A woody vine. 



(No. 5) ; a fourth species. A woody vine. 



— (No. 6) ; a fifth species. A woody vine. 



(No. 7). Like all the preceding species, a woody vine, ornamental from the 



foliage, but the flowers inconspicuous. 

 Sapindus (No. 9); only one species met with. A frequent shrub. 

 Gupania (No. 1). 



(No. 2) ; a second species. 



I'odonaea (compare No. 1 Metia and the Hawaiian Lslands to Mindanao, Oman, the Moun- 

 tains of Yemen, and Zanzibar). On the sands of the sea-coast, once only met with. 

 Trichilia elegans, St. Hil. ? (No. 1). An ornamental shrub. On the Organ Mountains. 



(No. 2) ; a second species. 



(No. 8) ; a third species. 



Guarea (No. 1). A large tree. Rather frequent. 



(No. 2). At Tijuca, in the environs of Rio Janeiro. 



(No. 3) ; a third species. — The fallen flowers of other species of Meliacecc were 



met with in the forest, beneath lofty trees, but their source could not be ascertained. 

 Cedrela Brasiliensis, St. Hil. ? (No. 1). 



Apeiba (No. 1). Seen only in gardens. 



Urena lobata, (bis Polynesian Groups, and the East Indies). Abundantly naturalized 

 in the environs of Rio Janeiro. 



Triumfetta (No. 3 ; compare Luzon, Bombay, and Zanzibar). Rather frequent around 

 the city of Rio Janeiro. 



Muntingia (No. 1). " Brought from the Northward," and seen under cultivation at 

 Eugenho Velho, the residence of Mr. J. Gardner. The timber spoken of " as remark- 

 able for its lightness." 



