PLUMBAGO LITTORALIS (NOBIS) P. LIT. PICAO Di PRAIA This is a creeper, inhabiting the shores in the bay of Rio Janeiro. Its stem is herbaceous, rounded, ...

PETIVERIA TETRANDRA (GOM.) PET. MAPPA GRAVEOLENS (WELL.) PIPI. ERVA DE PIPI. This bush is common in the fields around Rio-Janeiro, where it blossoms the whole ...

PEDICULUS CAPITIS (COMMON LOUSE) It is scarcely necessary to give a description of this species which is sufficiently known; we shall content ourselves with ...

PAULLINIA PINNATA PAUL. PAULLINIA TIMBO (VELL). -PORTUG.: GUARATIMBO, TIMBO-SIPO, CURURU-APÉ. This beautiful liana is commonly found in the woods of Brazil; ...

PANACEA WE regret to say that we lost the drawings and the notes which we had collected about the tree called by the Brazilians "panacea" on account of the ...

OCIMUM CANUM (D. C.) OCIM. OCIMUM INCANESCENS (MART.) OCIMUM FLUMINENSE (WELLS.) PORTUG.: ALFAVACA THIs is an herbaceous plant having an aromatic odor, with ...

MYRISTICA SEBIFERA (SWARTZ.) MYR. VIROLA SEBIFERA (AUBLET). PORT.: UCUUBA THIS is a tree of some height, the trunk and branches of which are covered with a ...

MURURE LEITE MUR. L. This rosin is used as an anti-syphilitic. 1. Blennhorrhoeal discharge. Ulcers on the legs. Yellow and fetid urine. Cracking sensation in ...

MIMOSA HUMILIS. (WILD.) MIM. This species which is one of the smallest of the genus Mimosa, is found in the prairies around Rio-Janeiro. Its stem is feeble, ...

MELASTOMA ACKERMANI MELAST. TAPIXIRICA This species has never yet been described by authors. It is a bush with round branches, triangular at their ...