MYRISTICA SEBIFERA (SWARTZ.) – by Benoît Mure
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 thick, brownish and reticulate…
BUFO SAHYTIENSIS. (NOBIS.) – by Benoît Mure
BUFO SAHYTIENSIS. (NOBIS.) BUFO. BUFO AGUA (LAT.) TOAD THIs toad is found all over America; it inhabits swamps and marshy regions. It is as big as two fists, though its…
OCIMUM CANUM (D. C.) – by Benoît Mure
OCIMUM CANUM (D. C.) OCIM. OCIMUM INCANESCENS (MART.) OCIMUM FLUMINENSE (WELLS.) PORTUG.: ALFAVACA THIs is an herbaceous plant having an aromatic odor, with an erect and ramose stem, about 16…
CANNA ANGUSTIFOLIA – by Benoît Mure
CANNA ANGUSTIFOLIA C. ANG. CANNA GLAUCA. PORTUG.: IMBIRI This plant inhabits damp regions, or the borders of brooks. Its stem is erect, cylindrical, growing to a height of about six…
PANACEA – by Benoît Mure
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 many…
CERVUS BRAZILICUS (NOBIS) – by Benoît Mure
CERVUS BRAZILICUS (NOBIS) CERV. BRAZILIAN STAG; GUAZOUTI. PORTUG: GOUAZOUPITA. This stag whose forms are extremely fine and graceful, inhabits the forests of Brazil. Its size is about the same as…
PAULLINIA PINNATA – by Benoît Mure
PAULLINIA PINNATA PAUL. PAULLINIA TIMBO (VELL). -PORTUG.: GUARATIMBO, TIMBO-SIPO, CURURU-APÉ. This beautiful liana is commonly found in the woods of Brazil; its stem, of a flexible and tenacious wood, furnishes…
CONVOLVULUS DUARTINUS. (NOBIS)
CONVOLVULUS DUARTINUS. (NOBIS) CGNVUL. BLURT. CALONYCTION sPECIOSUM. (D. C.) IPOMEA BONA NOR. (LINN.) CONVOLVULUS PULCHERRIMUS. (WELL.) MORNING-GLORY THIS is a climbing plant, cultivated in America and Europe. Leaves large, entire,…
PEDICULUS CAPITIS (COMMON LOUSE) – by Benoît Mure
PEDICULUS CAPITIS (COMMON LOUSE) It is scarcely necessary to give a description of this species which is sufficiently known; we shall content ourselves with indicating the principal characteristics which distinguish…
CROTALUS CASCAVELLA – by Benoît Mure
CROTALUS CASCAVELLA We commence the publication of our provings by the symptoms of the Crotalus Cascavella, not so much on account of the importance of the symptoms which the poison…
PETIVERIA TETRANDRA (GOM.) – by Benoît Mure
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 year. Its branches are erect,…
DELPHINUS AMAZONICUS – by Benoît Mure
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 brownish-gray color above and…
PLUMBAGO LITTORALIS (NOBIS) – by Benoît Mure
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, covered with short and…
ELEIS GUINEENSIS. (JACQ.) – by Benoît Mure
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 to 30 feet high, is covered by…
SEDINHA – by Benoît Mure
SEDINHA SEDINHA HERBACEOUS plant, with a slender, round and pubescent stem; the leaves are opposite, lanceolate and very sharp; their upper surface is hairy and of a darker green than…