564 MR, weir's journal. 



The former of tliese has white flowers, rather sparaiglj produced ; 

 the latter flowers much more abundantly. The colour of the 



llowers is a dark purple. ' 



'Nov. 5t7t. — To-day in the campo to the west of the town 



I collected specimens of No. 79, a small tree with insigniScant 

 gi'eeu flowers of no beauty {Croton sp.) ; No. 73, a small plant 

 {Co'rdia sp.)^ from the drier parts of the campo ; No. 74, a shrub 

 {Bmihinia sp.) from the same situations ; No. 75, a ci'eeping 

 plant {Echites sp,), with greenish flowers ; and No. 76, a 

 herbaceous species, from margins of streams. 



Nov, ()th. — One of the gentlemen for whom I brought letters 

 of introduction has invited me to go out with him to his fazenda, 

 which is situated on the river Jaguari, about 20 miles from Cam- 

 pinas ; and being informed that much of the land there remains 

 in a state of nature, I have accepted the invitation. We started 

 this forenoon. The road for the first ten miles lies through exten- 

 sive coffee plantations. Two leagues from Campinas we crossed 

 the river Atibaiha oii a raft formed by lashing several canoes 

 together. The road-sides are gay with the large-panicled in- 

 florescence of No. C9. Nos. 70 and 7J are also common, and in 

 full bloom. The north bank of the river is densely wooded for a 

 few miles, and on issuing from the wood the road leads over an 

 extensive level campo for about three or four" more miles, when 

 it again enters a wood — the strip of forest adjoining the river 

 Jaguari. The fazenda stands on the margin of the river, 



Nov, 7th, — Went through a part of the forest to-day between 

 the river Jaguari and another small river, a tributary of the 

 former. Here I found numbers of a small pretty-foliaged plant, 

 with something of a creeping habit ; the leaves are all beautifully 

 interveined with white. I fear, however, that the leaves lose 

 much of their beauty as the plant gets older. 



Collected also during the day specimens of the following : 

 No. 77, a shrub 5 to 6 feet high, with orange flowers {Chinchona 

 sp.) ; No. 78, a Solanum, with blue flowers, which grows on 

 the edges of the river ; and No. 79, a pretty climbing Bignoniad, 

 with abundance of pink flowers, produced in pendant festoons. 



Nov. 8f7i.— Examined some more of the forest to-day, and col- 

 lected specimens of No. 80, a rather pretty fern, which grows on 

 the trunks of fallen trees. No. 81, a Melastom with white flowers. 

 No. 82, a shrub 4 to 5 feet high, also with white flowers. • These 

 two last^ species grow in wet places. No. 83, a half climbing 

 shrub, with flowers of no beauty ITournefortia spec); and No. 



