MR, weir's jour:.^al. 785 



can pay little about a place until Lo sees it himself ; information got from 



the 2^eople here is of no value. 



I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



JoHiV Wkir. 



To the Secretary of the Royal Horticultural 



Society. 



k 



P.S. I have just been informed that a collector from England passed 

 Santos about a month ago, on his way to Sta. Catherina.— J. W, 



cm.— MR. WEIRDS JOURNAL. 



{Continued from 'page 596.) 



April Mill and \Qth. — On road from Itu to St. Paul's. 



April IQth. — Collecting plants of No. 235 {Onciditmi Gardneri), 

 ^\'llich grows near here on the old gnarled trees tliat are scattered 

 over the grassy hills on either side of the road ; specimens of 

 No. 236, an epiphytic orchid with green flowers, and of No, 237 

 (AlsopJdla villosd), and 238 {Cyathea vestita), both tree-ferns, 

 found growing in the patches of forest ou the damp and low 

 places among the hills. 



Ap^il 20th. — In a piece of marshy wood I found No. 239 

 (Trichomanes crispinn var. pilosttm)^ an erect species of Tricho- 

 manes growing plentifully, and on some of the dry hill sides the 

 splendid Melastoraaccous shrub, No. 240, This species some- 

 times grows to a height of 8 or 10 feet, but it also flowers abund- 

 antly when not more than a foot high. The flowers vary in 

 colour on the same plant from a pure white to a deep purple. 

 They are always large and produced in great abundance. Alto- 

 gether this is one of the showiest shrubs I have mot with in 



Brazil. 



April 2lst, — Left the venda early in the morning, and reached 

 St Paul's in the afternoon. - 



April 22nd, — Left St. Paul's in the forenoon, and arrived at 

 the hospedaria of Rio Grande about dusk. On the road collected 

 specimens of No. 241, a I'ather showy climbing Malpfghiaceous 

 plant with yelbw flowers. 



April 2hrd, — Went down the Serra. Arrived in Santos 



about five o'clock. 



