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a beautiful orange-flowered Epidendrum, also of a Canna ?ioi\ 

 sp. and a species of Buellia allied to R. cristata. 



*' 20th. Resumed our journey, and arrived at 7 p.m. at 

 a small Rancho near Estiva. The hedges were formed of a 

 species of Bromelia [Pinguin?) with their fruit in bunches 

 nearly ripe. 



"21st. Left the Rancho at daylight, and continued our 

 journey to Mineiro, where we arrived at 3 p.m. 



"22nd. Left Mineiro at 7 a.m., passed Pan Grande at 12, 

 and arrived at the Villa de Lorena at 2 p.m., where we put 

 up for the day at a very comfortable Venda with a spare 

 room, having a door with a lock and key to it ; we had not 

 lodged in such a room since we left Taguahy, On the road 

 we saw some Indian children with the flowers of a species of 

 Amaryllis, which they had gathered in the neighbouring 

 wood for the purpose of ornamenting themselves. Found a 

 scarlet-flowered Justicia, Bignonia sp. with thick yellow 

 flowers, and another species with small purple flowers and 

 nerved leaves. In the ditches on the roadside we saw Thalia 

 dealbala. 



"24th. Resumed our journey to-day, having given the 

 mules a day's rest yesterday ; passed the Villa de Guaratin- 

 guitta at mid-day, and arrived at a small Rancho, having 

 travelled about six leagues, or twenty-four English miles; 

 collected seeds of several plants that we had previously only 

 found in a flowering state. This day we passed several orange 

 trees laden with fruit, which were a great refreshment to us. 



" 25th. Left our Rancho at 6 a.m. ; passed the Villa Pen- 

 damhougaba at 1 1 o'clock, and arrived at Taubate at 4 p.m., 

 much fatigued. This day we saw two species of Clitoria, and 

 near a rivulet a beautiful scarlet-flowered diadelphous shrub, 

 probably a Glycine^ also a dark purple-flowered Rhexia^ and 

 a species of Spathodea ? with yellow flowers and a purse- 

 shaped pod, covered with a soft spungy substance. The 

 open Campo, through which we passed, was much covered 

 with ant hills, some of which measured six feet in height. 



