SELECT PLANTS. 
213 
Tritrinax JBrasiliensis, Martius. 
Rio Grande do Sul and Parana, Uruguay and Paraguay. A very 
hardy Palm, not tall. 
Tritrinax campestris, Drude* 
Argentina, as far south as 32° 40'. Height, 30 feet. One of the 
most southern of all Palms. Another species occurs in South 
Bolivia, 
Urena lobata, Linne. 
Intratropic girdle around the globe. This herb has recently been 
enumerated among plants with comparatively tenacious fibre. 
Vaccinium penduliflorum, G-audichaud. 
Sandwich Islands, where it is called the “ Ohelo.” The acidulous 
berries of this bush are edible. 
Vangueria infausta, Burchell. 
Africa as far south as Natal and Caffraria. The fruit of this shrub 
or small tree is medlar-like, but superior in taste. Worth test- 
cultivation with a view of improving the fruit. 
Vahea Owariensis, F. v. Mueller. (Lcmdolphia Owar- 
iensis, Beauvois.) 
Tropical West Africa, but ascending to the highlands of Angola, 
according to Dr. Welwitsch. This climber, with several other 
Vaheas, yields the West African and Madagascar caoutchouc. V. 
Oioariensis produces edible fruits of the middle size of an orange, 
with sweet and slightly acid pulp. 
Vahea florida, F. v. Mueller. (Lcmdolphia jlorida , 
Bentham.) 
West Africa, up to 2500 feet. This may also prove hardy. 
Welwitsch describes the Aboh fruits of this species as sweet and 
acidulous, but was not less gratified with the beauty and mar- 
vellous abundance of its large, snow-white and jasmin-scented 
flowers. V. florida yields also caoutchouc, and so V. Seudelotii 
( Landolphia Seudelotii , Cand.) from the Senegal regions. The 
excellent work on caoutchoucs of commerce, by James Collins, 
may be consulted as regards the sources of various kinds of india 
rubbers. The genus Vahea was fully established by Lamarck 
already in 1791. 
