560 MR. ukir's journal. 



deep in mud. Met with a few plants of a Cattleya (No. 63), 

 (probably C. Loddir/esii), in flower ;^ the stem and foliage of 

 this species are very like those of the species from the low 

 grounds at Belem, but the flowers are much more beautiful. 

 The sepals and petals are pale purple, approaching ^vhite iu 

 some plants; the lip is purple at the base, becoming paler 

 towards the middle, the spreading part being of a rich rosy 

 crimson with streaks of darker crimson. I think I have seen 

 this species figured iu some work under the name of C. inter- 

 viedia, but in the figure the plant is represented with only one 

 flower on the stem. Here, if the species. is the same, it bears 

 four, five, or six flowers on each scape. Day showerj'. 



Oct. lUh, — ^^Vent up the river to Mujii. This place is inha- 

 bited at present by a colony of English people, all of whom are 

 employed on the railway; it is situated at the foot of the Serra, 

 close to the river from which it is named, one of the several 

 small rivers that enter the arm of the sea called the river of 

 Santos. The railway from this point begins to ascend the Serra 

 through the valley of the river Mujii; when finislied, there will 

 be several inclines in the Serra, up which the trains are to be 

 drawn by stationary engines. 



Oct. l^th, — Examined part of the wood on the low damp 

 ground between the station and the river, much of which is now 

 being cleared. Collected a number of plants of the Cattleya, 

 No. 63, which were in danger of being destroyed. The wood 

 here is very dense, with a luxuriant under-vegetation. 



Oct, IQth, — Started this morning on a trip up the Serra. The 

 day turned out very wet, and about half-way up the Serra I was 

 glad to take shelter in the house of Mr. Lane, another engineer 

 whom I had met in Mujii. On the way I found again the 

 beautiful Melastomad, No. 40 {Bertolonia margaritacea), and was 

 able to gather a few seeds of it. . 



Oct, nth. — Another very wet day, but I started on the way 

 up the mountain. The path being newly cut through the forest, I 

 was enabled to see the general nature of the vegetation without 

 the labour of forcing my way through it. No. 40 grows thickly 

 all tlie way up the Serra: I gathered all the seeds of it T could 

 find. A species of Gesnera grows plentifully on the top branches 

 of the old trees here, but I could not reach it. The scarlet 

 flowers are produced from the centre of the whorl of leaves which 

 is borne upon the summit of the stem. I think the species is in 

 cultivation. At the top of the mountain, also on trees, grows in 



