LIST OF WOODCUTS. 
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 on 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. 
From a drawing by Mr. J. Burkhardt. 
SUMAUMEIRA .......... 391 
This colossal tree is known to botanists under the name of Eriodendruih 
Sumauma, and may be seen everywhere in the basin 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. Leuziuger. 
ORGAN MOUNTAINS . . . ..... 490 
The loose boulder alluded to in the text stands on the fourth peak from the 
left. 
From a photograph by G. Leuzinger. 
