584 MIJ. WEm's JOUEIfAL. 



as much of the margiu of the river Tiete as possible, I had to 

 find a room of some kind to put my things in. This I found 

 would have been a work of some difficulty if I had not had a 

 letter to one of the settlers, a native of Itu, named Jose Arando 

 de Dimas, who found me an apartment, such as was to be had, 

 in the place, and otherwise treated me with the greatest kindness. 



Jan. \&th. — Engaged within doors. 



Jan, nth. — Examined some of the forest in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of the settlement. Met with the Bougainvillaa 

 again, in the form of a large tree, and iu full bloom* Some of 

 the specimens I encountered have trunks 1^ foot diameter, and 

 are from 60 to 70 feet in height. This and a Bomhax, also a 

 large tree, are the most conspicuous objects in the forest here at 

 present. There are few things in bloom amongst the underwood. 

 I collected specimens of the following : — No. 174 {pichorisandra 

 sp.); this is very common, as are other weedy species of the 

 same family, not now in flower; No. 175, an Acanthad, with 

 scarlet flowers, but with straggling habit; No. 17G, also a strag- 

 gling malvacepus shrub, with yellow flowers ; and No, 177, a soft- 

 wooded rubiaceous (?) shrub {PsycJiotra sj^X v^ith foliage of con- 

 siderable beauty, especially when growing iu deep shade, the 

 midrib and pinmary veins being white as ivory, while the ground 

 of the leaf is of a dark velvety green, shaded with purple. The 

 flowers are yellow and scarlet. 



Jan. 18t7i. — Wet day; unable to go out. 



Jan, I9th. — ^Explored some more of the forest to-day, but with 

 no success. I fear there are not many good things here. 



Jan. ^Qth — Went out to the woods again this morning, but 



was soon obliged to return to the house by the thunder and rain^ 

 which continued all the afternoon. ^ I met with the beautiful 

 climbing Bignoniad, No. 178. Its flowers are pink, and are 

 produced in the greatest abundance. 



Jan. ^Ist, — The weather this morning being a little better, 

 although not very promising, I started on an excursion to the 

 river, which is about 3^ leagues distant from the settlement. 

 On the way I collected specimens of No. 179 {Artanthe sp.); 

 No. 180 {Lupinus sp,?); and No. 181, the tree Bougainvillaea. 



The river here is broad and deep, flowing smoothly between 

 two dense forests. At present it is very full from the recent 

 heavy rains, 



Jan. 22?ii. — Had a long ramble to-day in the forest on the 

 river side. On overhanging trees, the Cattleya, No, 191, grows 



