TRADESCANTIA DIURETICA (MART.) TRAD. TRADESCANTIA COMMELINA (WELL.) PORTUG.: TRAPOERAVA THIs herbaceous plant is pretty common in Brazil. Its ramose and cylindrical stems are erect or a little inclined ; the

TO THE BRAZILIAN PEOPLE Though the precious metals hidden in the Brazilian soil, may be never so abundant; though the splendor of its precious stones, may be never so brilliant;

SPIGGURUS MARTINI (NOBIS) SPIG. SPIGGURUS SPINOSA (FR. CUV.) HISTRIX SUBSPINOSUS. THE PORCUPINE This little animal is common in Brazil where it lives on trees and secures itself by means of

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM GROTANS SOL. T. G.-DISEASED POTATO A description of the potato in a work destined for European pharmaceutists and physicians would be entirely useless; so well and so universally

SOLANUM OLERACEUM (VELLOZ.) SOL. OL. – PORTUG.: GYQUIRIOBA, JUQUERIOBA. This is an herbaceous plant with a creeping and somewhat ligneous, cylindrical stem, the upper branches being covered with short and

SOLANUM ARREBENTA (VELL.) SOL. AR. PORTUG.: ARREBENTA CAVALLOS THIs bush grows spontaneously in the provinces of Rio Janeiro, along roads and in cultivated places. It is from 10 to 16

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