[22] For view of the Organ mountains, and Mr. March’s fazenda, see Frontispiece.
[23] Among those which were introduced to England for the first time on this occasion, may be enumerated the following:—Siphocampylus betulæfolius, G. Don; Pleroma Benthamiana, Gardn. and P. multiflora, Gardn.; Franciscea hydrangeæformis, Pohl; Nematanthus longipes, Pohl; Gesneria salviæfolia, Gardn., and G. leptopes, Gardn.; Clusia fragrans, Gardn.; Luxemburgia ciliata, Gardn.; Dorstenia elata, Hook; Prepusa connata, Gardn., and P. Hookeriana, Gardn.; Campomanesia hirsuta, Gardn.; Bidens speciosa, Gardn.; Bowmania speciosa, Gardn.; Anemia stricta, Gardn. MS.; Pteris sagittæfolia, Raddi; Alstrœmeria nemorosa, Gardn.; Euterpe edulis, Mart., and Corypha cerifera, Mart., from Maranham.
[24] The following is the statement of Baron Cuvier:—“Leur vol n’est jamais bien long; s’élevant pour fuir les poissons voraces, ils retombent bientôt, parce que leurs ailes ne leur servent que de parachutes.” Le Règne animal, Tom. 2, p. 287. Edit. 1829.
[25] Personal Narrative, vol. ii. p. 15.