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remain [or about eight or ten dajs in that neighbourhood, having a 

 few seeds to collect on the road bet^veen St. Paul's and that place, 

 and some pieces of virghi forest on the hill to explore. 



May 31st. — Left St. PauFs by the Jundiahy road, and have 

 fixed my quarters for a week at a small venda as near as possible 

 to the Caballo Blanco. The venda is called Olho da Agua, and 

 is about 5^ degrees from St. Paul's. 



On the road liere there is a great deal of the Melastomad No. 

 240. Some of the plants full of its large showy flowers ; others 

 are rather past flowering, and already have capsules of consider- 

 able size. 



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Jime 1st, — Went back over the road to St. Paul's collecting 

 seeds of the two pretty herbaceous Melastomads, Nos. 244 and 

 245. Both grow along the sides of the road, seeming to prefer 

 wet places, where they are still partly in flower, wiiile in drier 

 parts they are now shedding their seeds. Of 244 I got a con- 

 siderable quantity of seed, and of the other species a few, 



Jitne 2niL — Went through some virgin forest at the base of one 



of the spurs of the Caballo Blanco, where I collected specimens 



of No. 246, another shrubby Melastoraud of rather large growth, 



but very showy. I saw what I believe to be the same species in 



the Serra of Santos, but could not get near it, as it was growing 



in a very inaccessible place. On the roadside I collected a few 



more seeds of No. 244 and 245, and specimens for drying. The 



rather showy climber. No. 241, also grows here in considerable 

 quantity. 



June drd. — Examined some more forest on the Caballo Blanco. 



The only thing worth notice that I found is No. 247, a Begonia, 

 with very curious foliage and large panicles of flowers. Its 



leaves are divided into numerous (from 15. to 30) narrow leaflets, 



arranged in almost a peltate manner arround the petiole and with 

 a tuft of imperfectly developed leaflets sticking up in the centre. 

 A full-sized leaf is upwards of two feet in diameter. The plant 

 grows to a height of 6 feet. Seeds of this I hope to be able to 

 collect on my return ; at present there are none ripe. 



June ith. — Made an excursion along the St. Paul's road to- 

 day, examining pieces of wood, &c., by the way. Collected 

 specimens of No. 248 {Dodonma sp,\ a small tree, from the dry 

 hill sides ; and of No. 250, a tree-fern from the woods — this is a 

 species different from those in the Serra, and I took a few seeds 

 from it. 



Jtme 5//t.— Devoted the day to the ascent of the mount 



