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COCOS WEDDELLIANA. 
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Cocos WEDDELLIANA, Wendland. 
—“It was first discovered by Dr. Weddell in 1831, on the southern slopes of the 
Sierra dos Orgaos, in Brazil, and subsequently by Riedel in 1832, in woods near 
Macahe. I have seen specimens gathered by both travellers. It was introduced to 
the Belgian Gardens at the beginning of the last decennium, by M. Louis Van 
Houtte, of Ghent, and some years afterwards was imported by Mr. Linden, of Brus- 
