5G6 mi. weir's journal. 



malpighiaceous creeper, with large panicles of bandsoiiie yellow 

 flowers. Near the village of Jundiabj- I collected No. 94, a 

 melastomaceous shrub, 4 to 5 feet high, with small panicles of 

 inconspicuous flowers. 



Nov. llth. — Examined to-day much of the ground in the 

 immediate neighbourhood of tbe village of Jundiahy, especijilly 

 the hilly ridges to the south-east, which are covered with scrub 

 and small trees. No. 95 occurs here ; it is a climbing Bignoniad, 

 with large violet flowers of great beauty, but unfortunately it 

 does not seem to flower freely, for all the plants I met with had 

 each only a few scattered tufts of flowers. No, 90, a climbing 

 leguminous shrub also grows here {Pohjgcda sp.)\ its flowers 

 are lilac, and are produced on short lateral shoots growing from 

 the long trailing stems. No. 97 {Bnm/elsia ? sjj.) is plentiful 

 on the dry hills, and 98, a large-flowered Aristotochia {A. 

 lahiosa), is also very common all round the village. 



Nov. ISih. — A wet day, with much thunder and lightning. 

 Unable to go out. 



Nov. 19th. — To the north-west of the villas[e lies an extensive 

 track of rather low and marshy land; to day I examined part of 

 that, and collected specimens of No. 101, a climbing species 

 {Bomarea sp.), flowers pink, borne in a terminal nmbel ; and of 

 No. 102, a herbaceous plant (Lolelia sp,\ with scarlet flowers. 

 It grows on the edges of streams, and is about 9^ feet in height. 

 Thunderstorm in the afternoon. 



Noi\ ^Qth, — Yery wet day, with much thunder, 



Nov.^2\st, — Eetunied to Campinas. Heavy showers during 

 the dav* 



Now Q.Srd. — Started this morning in an easterly direction from 

 Campinas through a wooded track of country, examining the 

 forest on tb.e roadsides as I v.-ent along. Met with nothing of 

 interest. Slept at a venda on the road, three leagues from 

 Campinas. 



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Nov. MtJi. — Eeturned to Campinas to-day, still investigating 

 parts of the forest on the road, but with no success. 



Nov. ^hth to Dec. 5f7t. — Occupied in going to and from St. 

 Paurs,^arranging as to money matters, in consequence of the 

 agent in Campinas not acknowledging the order received from 

 the house in St. Pauls. 



Dec. Qth. — Preparing to start for the interior; intend goin^ 

 by Itu, a village on the Tiete, and from thence go westward" 

 The road from there is through a less cultivated track than the 



