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

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 herbaceous,

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

ILLICIUM ANISATUM ANISUM STELLATUM BOTH the illicium anisatum and the millefolium, which have been introduced into our practice empirically, will undoubtedly become important adjuncts in the homoeopathic materia medica, the

HURA BRAZILIENSIS. (WILD) HURA. ASSACÙ. OASSACÙ. This plant inhabits the equatorial regions of South-America, the provinces of Para, Rio-Negro, and the neighborhood of the Amazon, where it is very frequent.

HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA. (L.) HIPP. MANCINELLA VENENATA, TUSS. Although the poisonous properties of the mancinella have been very much exaggerated, it is nevertheless a very poisonous tree, which, happily, becomes more

HEDYSARUM ILDEFONSIANUM (NOBIS) BED. DESMODIUM. PORTUG.: AMOR DO CAMPO. BARBA DE 101. CARAPICHO. ENGL.: BURDGCK THE brownish and ligneous stem of this plant is about three feet high; it is