7S:i MR. WEIk's JOUliXAL. 



July 3ri. — Left Rio Claro, and iu the evening put up at the 

 little venda on tbe campo we had stopped at Lefore. 



July Atli,~ Avi'ixed at Capellinha da Serra. 



July 6th. — Collected a quantity of the seeds of No. 202 (Nesaa 

 sp.\ which grows here abundantlj^ on the campo wherever it has 

 escaped burning for a few years. This plant is the broom of 

 the rolling land here, and when in flower its showy milk-white 

 blossoms help to enliven its otherwise monotonous appearance. In 

 this it is assisted by the purple panicles of No. 201, a Melastomad, 

 which grows in the same situation, and is now also bearing ripe 

 seed, a quantity of which I hope to collect to-morrow. . 



July Gth to 11th. — Collecting seeds of No, 201 and 202. 

 Failed to get seeds of Nos, GO, 152, 154, and 208, which I 

 expected to find. 



July llthr — Started for Brotas, and arrived in the evening. 



Jtdy 11th to Ibth. — Laid up for the last week. Being now 

 much better and the morning fine, I started for the forest on the 

 river Tiete, to try and collect some seeds of the tree Bougain- 

 villea, and also some of No. 177 [Psychotria sp,). Large trees 

 of the Bougainvillea are very common in the forest hero, and 

 are now known by the brown colour of their withered bracts. 

 Tlie only way of getting at their branches is by cutting them 

 down, and I felled^ a couple of them. Both had trunks about a 

 foot in diameter, and before cutting them, I supposed tbem to 

 be loaded with seeds; but was much disappointed to find that 

 the capsules were all quite empty, and it was only after several 

 hours' search that I succeeded in getting about a dozen appa- 

 rently good seeds. 



J?//?/ 10^/t.— Collecting seeds of No. 177. The plant is fre- 

 quent enough here in the forests, but does not flower very often^ 

 and still more rarely produces seeds; half a dozen on a spike is 

 the maximum. Found also a few of No. 192 to-day. 



July nth, — Started to return to Brotas by way of Dois 

 Corregos. Found a few more seeds on the way. Arrived at 

 Dois Corregos in the evening, 



July ISth. — Arrived at Brotas this afternoon. 



July I9th,—At a distance of four or five leagues north of the 

 village of Brotas, between it and Araraguara, exists a spring of 

 water known all over this part of the country as the Aytta 

 Virtuosa, It was discovered about two years a^o hv the viG;ario 

 of Brotas, and since then its reputation, as a medicinal water, 

 has been steadily increasing among the ca/pfms, who come to 



