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Brasiliensis, Miers, var. campestris, St. Hil.), a small tree; and on the 
way I collected No. 439 (Alstremeria caryophyllea, Jacg.), a tall slender- 
growing Alstromeria, with orange-flowers, from the side of a stream ; and 
No. 440 (Lisianthus pedunculatus, Cham.), a herbaceous species, with pretty 
scarlet flowers, growing about а foot highyon the campo. 
The weather is very unfavourable for our journey; it is now raining 
very hard, and with every appearance of continuance. 
an. 9th.—Continued our journey; road very bad in parts, all low 
tracts of campo being knee-deep with water. Raining all day. Made 
four and a half leagues, and halted for the night. 
Jan. 10th.—About a league from where we started this morning, we de- 
scended from the higher and more open campo on the sandstone rock, to a 
more wooded country. An abrupt and often precipitous face of rock 
divides the “‘campo de cima," or higher campo, from the lower, which is 
interrupted by belts and large tracts of pine forest (Araucaria Brasiliensis), 
in some parts of which the underwood is mainly composed of the “ Herva 
Congonha,” or Maté. Two species of Croton are also common, and Cucur- 
bits, which are rare on the higher campos, are here plentiful. The top of 
the precipitous rock and the margin of the upper campo are fringed with 
the beautiful Melastomaceous shrub, No. 410 (Pleroma, п, sp.), and I shall 
be able to get plenty of its seeds here. 
Collected specimens of the following species to-day :—No. 441 (Dichori- 
sandra thyrsiflora, Mill), with pale blue flowers, from the pine forest ; No. 
442 (Delieuvia, n. sp.) a herbaceous species from the campo; and No. 
443, a terrestrial orchid with yellow flowers, also from the campo 
Jan. llth.—Passed through Coritiba. Although the capital of the 
province, it is but a small village, the houses being mostly mud-built and 
whitewashed, In the centre is a church of considerable size, surrounded 
by a square. 
We passed the town about a league and encamped on the roadside. 
Wet day. Оп the way, gathered specimens of No. 444 (Arauja calycina, 
Dene). 
pis 12th.—A journey of four and а half leagues to-day brought us to 
а hospedaria, the only one on the road from Coritiba to Antonina, and said 
to be about halfway between the two places. Here we put up for the 
night. 
x 13th.—Encamped at the foot of the Serra. The road for a 
couple of leagues from the hospedaria is almost impassable; but the 
descent, although very steep, is not so bad as I feared it would be. We 
are now only three leagues from Antonina, and hope to get there early to- 
morrow. I find there is no road from Antonina to Paranagua, as 
supposed, and as is marked in most maps, all the communication being 
carried on by means of feluas and canoas. 
Jan. l4th.—Arrived in Antonina. Have made arrangements to go to 
aranagua to-night. Canoas going down the bay leave Antonina about 
midnight, when the land breeze begins to blow. 
Jan. 19th.—Returned to Antonina, where I met with Mr. Chandler, 
the provincial engineer, who is a, North American. Mr. Chandler, on learn- 
ing that I intended to spend some time in the Serra, kindly offered me the 
