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the same as No. 243, the little difference in the habit of the plant here 
is perhaps only the effects of situation, &c. It grows here on the sand- 
stone rock, where there is but little depth of soil, Е 
Лес. 10th.—Have done six more leagues of campo to-day, and have 
arrived at the forest of the river Libagis; collected on the way No. 411 
(Banara Vellozii, (атап. var); No. 412 (Hyptis, n. sp.), No. 413 
(Blepharodon, n. sp.) ; No. 414 (Lymplocos, n. sp.); and 415 (Berberis 
glaucescens, St. Hil.). 
Dec. 11th.—Our journey to-day has been all through forest, dense 
with a great many pine trees. Collected specimens of No. 416 (Onci- 
dium, sp.), a pretty orchid. The plants of this I left to be collected on our 
return. There is but little in flower in the forest, and I am afraid the 
vegetation is too rough to furnish many good plants, 
Dec. 12th.—We have made but very short marches both yesterday and 
to-day ; the road is very bad, being much overgrown by the rank vegeta- 
tion, and many trees have fallen across it, blocking it quite up. Collected 
specimens of the following species:— No. 417 (Cleome villosa, Gardn.), 
No. 418 (Alstremeria nemorosa, Gardn.) ; No. 419 (Gardeniola concolor, 
Cham.) ; and Мо. 420 (Cissampelos Australis, St. Hil.). No, 418 is an 
Alstremeria with scarlet flowers; it grew by the side of a small stream. | 
Dec. 14th.—Reached the place called Sao Jeronymo. It is situated 
on the top of the range of hills in the centre of a small campo. The 
ground to the S.W. declines gently, and the campo is thickly studded with 
pine trees. 
Dec. 15th.—We remained at Sao Jeronymo for to-day to rest the mules. 
I went through some wood in the neighbourhood, where I found plants 
of No. 421 (Nicotiana Langsdorffia, Wein), a species of Tobacco, called 
by the people “ fumabrava,” but it has probably only escaped from culti- 
vation; the flowers of this are of a pale whitish green, Since receiving 
the letter from the Royal Horticultural Society, asking me to take notice 
of the different sorts of tobacco cultivated here, I haye never seen any 
planted, but am told that I shall see some in the colonies to which I am 
now going. Seeds sown here this year did not grow. Collected also No. 
422 (Polygala violacea, St. Hil.) ; No. 428 (Eupatorium, n. sp.) ; and No, 
424 (Salvia caerulea, Bth.). The last of these is а blue-flowered Salvia, 
which, I think may be worth sending home. Its roots are tuberous, like 
those of S. patens, but it grows much larger, and its habit is the same as 
S. splendens and the other scarlet sorts used for autumn decoration in 
England. It flowers abundantly, as was testified by the numerous old 
flower spikes it bore, but there are but few flowers on the plants at 
present, I collected a few seeds of it, but as I am afraid there are but 
few of them good, I will take a few roots of it also when I return, 
Dec. 16th.—Started on our journey through the woods again. Qol- 
lected specimens of No. 425 (Trichopteris excelsa, Presl. var.), a tree- 
fern; No. 426 (Dalechampia colorata, Vell.); No. 427 (Apherema spicata, 
Miers. Gen. Nov. Bixacearum), both species of no interest; aud No. 428 
(Ophioderma (Ophioglossum) palmatum, 1. Sm.), а curious Ophioglossum 
growing on the trunks of trees, I gathered all the plants of this I met 
with, in the hopes of being able to send them to England, but as the plant 
