LATE ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, £SO. 237 



mendation, and whose kindness, on this and many "other occa- 

 sions, calls forth our sincerest thanks : but for this gentleman 

 we should have met with innumerable difficulties. 



" 3d. According to appointment made yesterday with 

 Colonel Muller, we met at 12 o'clock, in order to present 

 ourselves and our letters to the governor, the Conde de 

 Palma, who received us kindly ; and having read our letters 

 from the Marquez de Arguia and Lord Strangford, promised 

 to grant us anything we wished for in the furtherance of our 

 botanical pursuits; called also on the Conde de Fonseca, to 

 whom also we had letters. We were received very politely 

 by this nobleman, who offered us his house, saying it would 

 be always open to us." 



Our travellers resided at San Paulo, and its vicinity, 

 above three months, during which period they collected a 

 rich harvest of seeds, plants, and specimens. On the 14th 

 of August, they left San Paulo on their return to Rio, mak- 

 ing collections on the road, and at the different places they 

 halted at, and reached Rio once more on the 28th of Sep- 

 tember. 



The next year was passed in visiting places in the imme- 

 diate vicinity, or at a few days' journey from the city, among 

 which may be mentioned the Corcovado mountains, Tejuco, 

 the Organ Mountains, Somanbaya, Padre Correa, &c. From 

 all these places collections of new and interesting plants, 

 seeds, and specimens, were forwarded to England, among 

 which may be mentioned the following as some of the results 

 of their various journeys : — Jacaranda mimosafolia, Gloxinia 

 speciosa, Bignonia venitsta^ Calathea zebrina, Amaryllis calyp- 

 trata, Passiflora several sp., Pothos coriacea, Melastoma 

 several sp.. Cactus speciosus, C. speciosissimus, C. truncatiis, 

 Dichorisandra thyrsijlora, Gestieria bulbosa, Pontederia cras- 

 sipes, ^c, §r. That these collections gave great satisfaction, 

 the following extract from a letter of Sir J. Banks, dated 

 February 13th, 1817, will amply testify: — " Both Mr Alton 

 and myself have been entirely satisfied with you and Mr 

 Bowie's conduct during your stay at the Brazils. We have 



