Joseph Banks - Endeavour Journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 - No. 0130
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Rio de Janeiro
which struck me the most & consequently gave me particular pleasure these were cheifly the parasitick plants especialy renealmias for I was not fortunate enough to see one epidendron & the different species of Bromelia many not before describd had I been fortunate enough to see fructifications which I did of very Few B Karratas I saw here growing on the decayd trunk of a tree 50 feet high at least which it had so intirely coverd that the whole seemd to be a tree of Karratas The growth of the Rozopheron also pleasd me much tho I had before got a very good Idea of it from Rumphius who has a very good figure of the tree in his Herb: Amboin Tab: Add to these the whole Contrey Coverd with the Beatifull blossom of Malpigias Bannisterias Pasifloras not to Forget Poinciana & Mimosa sensitiva