" I inclose a list of the coi 

 on each plant, their localities 

 some of the plants." 



The list is as follows :— 



;lried speciuieus are niarked P :— 



A number of plants of u Cattleya. It grows 

 on trees in the Sierra dos Mendos, at an 

 elevation of between 2000 and 3000 feet. 



Three plants of a Cattleya, from the Tejuca 

 Hills. It grows on trees. This may be the 

 feame as the last species ; their name I cannot 

 tell, not having seen them in flower. (21 

 pieces allfc, ] dead.) 



One plant of an Orchid, from the same locality 

 as the last. It was growing on a rock. 



A few plants, Physums argentens. 



Seeds of a shrub about 4 feet high, from 

 Tejuca. It bears numerous clusters of bright 

 blue berries, about the size of large peas. 

 (3 packets.) 



Seeds of a Melastomaceous shrub, from Tejuca 

 Hills. It grows 5 or 6 feet high, and bears 

 large purple flowers. (IJ packets.) 



Seeds of a Fern [Adiantxim sp.) from Tejuca. 

 (1 packet.) 



Plant growing about a foot high, with ovate 

 lanceolate leaves, dark green on the upper 

 side, with a silvery blotch down the middle: 

 From the Sierra dos Mendos. Elevation, 

 2.500 feet. 



Nearly like the last, but growing higher, and 



Tubers or fleshy roots of a trailing Herbaceous 

 plant, with cordate serrate leaves, acuminate 

 at the apex, and on the upper side of a 

 beautiful dark velvety-green tinged with 

 purple, and with silvery stripes along the 

 midrib and veins. On the under side they 



