MR. weir's JOTJENAL. 583 



were in flower. The spikes are 4, 5 and 6 flowered, sepals and 

 petals white-chambered, base of the lip white, or in some plants 

 orange, with a deep purple transverse blotch or broad band 

 inside the spreading part of the lip, and the horns are white with 

 purple spots. 



On the campo near the village I collected No. 166 {Artanihe 

 sp.); this grows everywhere except in the driest parts of the 

 campo; the woods all over the province are full of it. No. ^67 

 (Cuphea sp.), No. 168 {Lantana sp.). No, 169, and No. 170 

 {Gonololus sp,), all species of little interest, I also collected on 

 the campo. 



Ja7i. 1 Sth, — On the campo around the village I collected to- 

 day No. 171, a herbaceous species, with white flowers; it grows 

 to a height of S to 3 feet; No. 172, a Salvia with small scarlet 

 flowers, 3 to 4 feet high; and No, 178, a tree from margins of 

 woods — it grows to a height of 60 to 70 feet. The bark, I am 

 informed, is much used by the people here as a remedy for inter- 

 mittent fever ; it is very bitter. 



Between the village of Brotas and the river Tiete there is no 

 more campo, the whole being an uninterrupted tract of dense 

 forest. To the westward, between the rivers Jacare and Tiete 

 are two small new settlements in the forest, the first about five 

 leagues distant from Brotas, the other about ten. These settle- 

 meuts, I am told, are no great distance from the river Tiete, and 

 that from the last of the two settlenients, which is called Jahu, 

 there is communication with the river by a path through the 

 wood. I have made up my mind to go on through this forest till 

 I reach the river Tiete, and if I find it, to make a voyage of a few 

 days down the river, to see if there is anything worth while to be 

 bad there, as I am afraid there is but little to be had here. 



Jan. lah. — Left Brotas for Jahu — road through dense forest 



country level, or consisting of gentle swellings, with valleys 

 between. Saw nothing likely to be worth sending home on the 

 road ; forests here are by no means so rich in species as the 

 Serra do Mar. 



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Halted for the night at the first settlement in the forest. It 

 is called Dos Corregos, and consists of about a dozen houses. 



Jan. 16th. — ^After another journey of five leagues through the 

 forest, we reached Jahu late this afternoon. This place is some- 

 thing larger than Dos Corregos, the hduses are also more com- 

 naodious. As I intend to make Jahu my head-quarters until I 



have looked through some of the surrounding forest, and examined 



