j1. mission of collector to brazil. 



Sept. 6th. — Accompanied Mr. Fry to the Royal Mail Agency. 



Mr. Westwood the i ^ , 



to speak to the captain of the Ouieda ahout allowing the cases to 

 stand on deck^ He also gave permission to n^e to take the cases 

 on hoard at once direct from Mr. Fry's 'without taking them to the 

 Company's office, thus saving one removaL 



Sept. 6th. — Went on board with the plants this forenoon, and 

 saw them placed in a position where they will get little spray 

 unless the weather should be very rough indeed. 



Sept, 7^7i.— Left the city for Belem. This is the '* Dia da 

 independencia do Brazil," and is regarded as a holiday in the 

 city, and I believe throughout the whole of civilised BraziL 



Sept. 9th. — Went over part of the marshy ground between 

 Belem and Queraeldos. — Collected seeds of No, 27 {Rhexia^ 

 sp.), and specimens of 59 {Randia, sp.), a Gardenia which grows 

 in the drier parts of these localities, and of which I had collected 

 a few seeds on a previous occasion before the plant was in bloom. 

 Collected also specimens of No, 61, a shrub very common here, 

 witli foliage very like that of a Gardenia, and corymbs of white 

 flowers ; perhaps this is a Tnherna:montana. 



Sept, 10th. — Made a second examination of part of the ridge of 

 hills immediately to the north of Belem* Collected specimens 

 and seeds of No. 53 {Ipomea, sp. near J. macrocalyx), and 

 specimens of No. 54 (Tecoma, sp.), a beautiful pink-flowered 

 climber, which is now in full bloom, and Is as showv in the forests 

 now as the BougainvilUa was two months ago. Like that plant, 

 too, in its manner of growth, it scrambles up to the tops of the 

 trees and hangs down over their branches in splendid festoons ; 

 the leaves are somewhat later than the flo\Vers and are just begin- 

 ning to come out. P. 13, a small plant with beautiful leaves 

 marbled in a curious manner with silver grey, veiy dark green, and 

 pale green, is frequent here. The plant produces a small tuber 

 at its root; the stem' is slender, and not above 6 or 8 inches in 

 height, and I have never seen it with more than 3 or 4 leaves, 

 which are produced on its upper part. The flower I have never 

 seen. ' I collected some of the tubers. The plant I think would 

 be considered worth growing at home. By planting several in 

 a pot a tolerable specimen might be produced. 



Sept. IWi, — Collected to-day a few plants of the CaUleya No 

 62, common in the thick woods on the low grounds skirting the 

 Rio Sta, Anna. This, as I have before stated, I believe to be the 

 C. bicolor, and if so it is perhaps scarcely worth sending home in 



