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collected specimen^ .»f No. S69 {Solanufn sp.?), a white-flowered 

 Solanura, which is common {ill over the province. A few seeds 

 of No. 267, a Melastomaceous shrub from the campo, with pretty 

 rose-coloured flowers. Of No. 260 I also collected a few seeds: 

 it is a climbing Bignonia, with large broad capsules. The flower 

 I have not seen, and the plant is also ahnost leafless at present. 



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July 23?-rf, — Returned to Brotas this afternoon. On the road 

 I got a few capsules of No. 69, with some apparently good seeds 

 in them. 



July 94f/i.— Preparing to start on my return. 



July U^th and Q>6th, — On the road. In a swampy place on the 

 campo I collected some specimens of several curious little erect 

 plants, all of which are placed together under the No, 271 

 {Polygala, miffed with a Burniannia, and a Utricular ia). Arrived 

 at Rio Claro in the evening. 



July 28th. — Left Rio Claro early in the morning;, and arrived 

 in Peracicaba. 



July 29th. — Collected some more seeds of No. 135. All the 

 plants of this species I have seen have on^ form — a long, naked 

 stem, 4 to 6 feet long, bent down by the weight of the head. 



Aug, ^nd, — Left Peracicaba for Campinas by Itu, 



Aug. 7th. — ^Arrived in Campinas in the afternoon. 



Aug, Sth. — Out looking for seeds of No. 76, The plant is 

 still flowering freely. The oldest capsules are all open and their 

 seeds fallen — the uppermost not yet ripe. It was only from a few 

 medium ones that I got any seeds. To collect any quantity, it 

 would be necessary to remain here for some time and gather 

 them as they ripened ; but I have other things to collect, and 

 cannot remain here very long without running the risk of losing 

 them. 



Aug. Qth. — Looking for seeds of No. 69, but with little 

 success. Of some of the capsules which were green when I was 

 here last, and which then promised to come to perfection, a few 

 seeds are now ripe, but the seeds have become, like tlie others, 

 mere membrane without any fleshy nucleus. I gathered a few 

 of the best of them. 



Aug. I3th, — Left Campinas for Santos, to dispatch my seeds. 



Aug, I4:th. — On the road. Stopped in the afternoon at a place 

 called California,, a little way beyond this. No. 240 (a Melas- 

 tomad) begins to be frequent on the hill sides. 



Aug. Ibth. — Went out this morning to look for seeds of 

 No, 240. I have not arrived any too soon ; all the capsules 



