284 RELATION BETWEEN CLIMATE AND VEGETATION 



the Mutisia tribe. As it proved to belong to a new genus, I 

 have named it in commemoration of my late lamented friend, 

 J. E. Bowman, Esq., of Manchester. This peak was found to 

 be exceeded in height by another about a mile distant, and 

 setting out to ascend it, we passed through a beautiful little 

 wooded valley with a stream of cool and limpid water running 

 in the middle of it. Leaving this, and entering upon an open 

 flat marshy tract, the greater part of which is covered with a 

 tall coarse grass, about five feet high, growing in tufts about 

 two feet asunder, I met with some new plants. In rather ele- 

 vated tracts covered with Sphagnum, grew abundance of a little 

 shrub belonging to the Mutisia tribe of Composites, and which 

 has much the habit of some of the smaller LychnopJioras. This, 

 which was also a new genus, I have since published in Hooker's 

 ' Journal of Botany,' under the name of Leucopholis phyli- 

 coides. Here also I found plenty of Drosera villosa, St. Hil., 

 a pretty little Utricularia, with large purple flowers, and a 

 slender narrow-leaved species of Hypericum. Leaving this, we 

 entered another wooded tract, but composed of trees of a much 

 smaller size than those met with in the little valley, in passing 

 through which are the tracks of Tapirs ; I was rather surprised 

 to observe that while almost every tree had its stem and branches 

 covered with the beautiful little Sophro7iitis grandiflora, not 

 another Orchideous plant was to be found. All that this tract 

 affbrded me besides were a f(i\vfer?is, a fine large Bryimi {B. 

 Beyrichianum), a Daphne f and one or two shrubs which I 

 have not yet determined. Beyond this there is no more wood, 

 the vegetation consisting of stunted shrubs belonging to Com- 

 jwsites, the Escallo7iia before mentioned, a few Vacciniums, 

 GauWierias ; and a few herbaceous plants, such as a fine Bar- 

 bacenia with long red flowers, a curious Sisyrinchium (S. i?i- 

 curvatum, Gardn.), two handsome species of Senecio, a few 

 terrestrial Orchids, &c. The summit itself, wliich consists 

 of one great flat rounded mass of granite, bears a few little 

 shrubs and herbaceous plants. Among the latter, the most 

 abundant is the beautiful Prepusa Hookeriana. In a shallow 

 shaded ravine, Escallonia Organensis grew abundantly, and 

 was in full flower. 



On my second visit to the Organ Mountains, I made an ex- 

 cursion inland to the banks of the Rio de Parahyba, and returned 

 by way of Canta Gallo, and the Swiss colony of Novo Friburgo. 

 From the trees in the large forests on the banks of the river, I 

 obtained many fine Orchideous plants, among wliich were a few 

 o{ Huntley a Mcleagris. This journey also afforded mSiWY ferns 

 and other plants, which very much enriched my Herbarium. 



The following plants, which from their beauty are well adapted 



