LIST OF WOODCUTS. 



XIX 



Fan Baccaba 



335 



This Palm, called (Enocarpus distychius by botanists, is remarkable for the 

 arrangement of its leaves, which are placed opposite to each other ou two 

 sides of the trunk, and higher and higher alternately, so that, seen from 

 one side, the two rows of leaves are equally visible, and have the appear- 

 ance of a wide fan; seen in profile, they look like a narrow plume. 



This colossal tree is known to botanists under the name of Eriodendrum 

 Sumauma, and may be seen everywhere in the ba^in of the Amazons. 

 From a photograph presented by Senhor Pimenta Bueno. 



Garafoa, among the Organ Mountains 486 

 This peak. is called the Finger by the English residents of Rio. The Bra- 

 zilians liken it to a bottle. 



* From a photograph by G. Leuzinger. 



Organ Mountains 490 



The loose boulder alluded to in the text stands on the fourth peak from the 



From a drawing by Mr. J. Burkhardt. 



SUMAUMEIRA 



391 



left. 



From a photograph by G. Leuzinger. 



