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

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 the coast

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

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