LEPIDIUM BONARIENSE (D. C.) LEP. MASTRUCO This plant is very common in the neighborhood of Rio, where it is found along the roads and in stony regions. It is ...

JANIPHA MANIHOT (KUNTH.) JAN. JATROPHA MANIHOT (LIN.) MANIHOT UTILISSIMA (POHL.) MANIOCA MANDI The manioca which is cultivated, a good deal in South-America, ...

ILLICIUM ANISATUM ANISUM STELLATUM BOTH the illicium anisatum and the millefolium, which have been introduced into our practice empirically, will undoubtedly ...

HURA BRAZILIENSIS. (WILD) HURA. ASSACÙ. OASSACÙ. This plant inhabits the equatorial regions of South-America, the provinces of Para, Rio-Negro, and the ...

HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA. (L.) HIPP. MANCINELLA VENENATA, TUSS. Although the poisonous properties of the mancinella have been very much exaggerated, it is ...

HEDYSARUM ILDEFONSIANUM (NOBIS) BED. DESMODIUM. PORTUG.: AMOR DO CAMPO. BARBA DE 101. CARAPICHO. ENGL.: BURDGCK THE brownish and ligneous stem of this plant ...

GUANO AUSTRALIS This substance, which has been used for some years past as manure, is found on the coasts of Patagonia and principally on the Lobos Island near ...

ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by WILLIAM RADDE, In the Clerk's Office, of the District Court, for the Southern District of New-York. ...

ELEIS GUINEENSIS. (JACQ.) ELE.-PALM-TREE This species is spread all over South-America; it prefers cultivated and sunny regions. Its trunk, which is from 25 ...

DELPHINUS AMAZONICUS DELPH. DELPHINUS GEOFFROYI (DESM.) PORTUG.: PEIXE BOI This dolphin is from 9 to 10 feet long; its body is large and cylindrical, of a ...