570 ilK. weir's JOUEJfAL. 



C, Loddigesii. This is the same species whicli I found oii the 

 rivers Jaguari and Alibaiha; it is very like the species I saw at 

 Santos, but it wants the rich crimson on the lip which the Santos 



plant has. 



Dec, I8th. — In the wood below the falls I collected No. 132, 

 a climbing Asclepiad {Echites sp.), with dsirk purple flowers ; 

 Kg, 123 (Styrax sp,), a shrub 5 to 6 feet high, with sweet- 

 smelling white flowers; and in the campo above the fall, No . 

 124, a small herbaceous plant {Pohjgala sp.), with incon- 

 spicuous flowers; No. 125, a Bignoniaceous shrub, about 6 feet 

 high, common all over the campo; No. 126, a herbaceous 

 species, growing in large tufts^ also very common; and No, 12T 

 iPlatonia insignis), also a herbaceous species, with white flowers. 

 Dec. IQth. — On the campo orx the north side of the river 

 during the day, I met with the following species in flower: 

 No. 128, a rambling Bignouiad with white flowers, from thickets 

 on the campo ; the flowers are produced rather sparingly ; 

 No. 129, a dwarf leguminous S2>ecies, Avith large lilac flowers 

 {Clitoria spJ) ; No. 130, a Melastomad with dark purple flowers, 

 growing about 3 feet high ; and No, 131, a small Malpighiaceous 

 tree with woolly leaves and spikes of yellow flowers. 



Dec. 20th. — Returned to Itu to-day; collected on the road 

 specimens of No. 132, a small blue-flowered Convolvidus; 

 No. 133 {Chiococca sp.), a shrub from the campo with incon- 

 spicuous flowers; and No. 134 {J^ernonia sp.)^ a small herbaceous 

 species, also from the campo, its flowers are of no beauty. 



Dec. 2lst, — To-day I have explored some of the wooded valleys 

 among the hills, but met with nothing new in flower. In gra- 

 velly parts of the woods I found a terrestrial Orchid with rather 

 pretty foliage, which perhaps may be worth sending home. The 

 leaves are silver grey towards the edges, gradually shading off to 

 dark green in the centre. The plant is not in flower at present. 

 I have marked it for collection when I return frorii the interior; 

 by that time I hope the wet season will be over, and that I shall 

 be able to send a lot of the Cattleyas, both from Itu and Santos. 

 J met with No. 13 again to-day in these woods, and the scarlet- 

 flowered Bignouiad No. 69 is almost as conspicuous in the forest 

 here as the BougainvilUa is in the province of Rio. Some of its 

 panicles of flowers are very large ; I gathered one to-day, 18 inches 

 from the base to the summit, and upwards of 12 inches in diameter. 

 Dec. 2'2nd. — Went over part of the extensive campo to the 

 west of the village, but met with nothing new in flower. In the 



