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striking manner by its fruit from the Macrocnemums. Ac- 

 cording to the fine discovery of M, Auguste de St.-Hilaire, 

 the Cinchona ferruginea is found in the temperate regions of 

 the Capitania of Minas Geraes, where it is employed under 

 the denomination of quina de serra. 



In concluding this sketch of the vegetable productions of 

 Venezuela, that may one day become objects of traffic, I 

 shall name succinctly the Quassia Simaruba of the valley of 

 Rio Caura ; the Unona febrifuga of Maypures, known by 

 the name of Frutto de Burra ; the Zarza or sarsaparilla of 

 the Rio Negro ; the oil of the cocoa-tree, which may be 

 considered as the olive-tree of the province of Cumana j the 

 oily almonds of Juvia (Bertholletia) ; the resins and precious 

 gums of the Upper Oroonoko {Mani, Carana) 5 the caoutchouc 

 similar to that of Cayenne *, or subterranean (dapiche) ; the 

 aromatics of Guyana, such as the Tonga bean or fruit of 

 Coumarouma ; the Pucheri (Laurus Pichurim)j the Vari- 

 nacu, or false cinnamon (L. Cinnamamoides) ; the vanilla of 

 Turiamo, and the great cataracts of the Oroonoko ; the fine 

 colouring substances which the Indians reduce to a paste, 

 (Chica or Puruma) ; the br&illet ; Dragon's blood ; Paceyte 

 de Maria ; the nourishing raquelles (Clactus), the cochineal 

 of Carora : the precious wood for the cabinet-maker, such as 

 mahogany (cahoba), the cedrela odorata (cedro), the Sickin- 

 gia Erxthroxylon (red Aguatire) &c. 5 the noble timber of 

 the family of the Laurinia, and the Amyris ; and the cordage 

 of the palm-tree Ckiquichiqui, so remarkable for its light- 

 ness. (See above, Vol. iii. pp. 74, 200, 278 ; Vol. iv. pp. 

 78,246, 255,513, 553; Vol. v. pp. 162, 257, 284, 374, 

 378, 536, 544. 



We have stated above in what manner, by a 

 peculiar disposition of the lands, the three zones 

 of agricultural, pastoral, and hunting-life, sue™ 



* Vol. iii. p. 423. 



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