340 MR. WEIRS JOURNAL. 
Walked over some of the low sandy land at the back of tho village. 
The Cattleya, No. 62, n. в., 50 common in the province of Rio, is also plentiful 
here, I would rather have expected the much prettier one, No. 63, n. 8., 
which grows on the trees in the swamps at Santos. А species of Vanilla is 
frequent in the woods, I saw several bunches of its fruit, but all ina 
very young state, 
Feb. 20th.—Arrived at Morettes this afternoon. The village stands on 
the bank of a river of the same name, formed by the junction of a number 
of smaller streams from the Serra, which flows for four or five leagues 
through a flat and somewhat swampy plain, and falls into the bay of 
Paranagua, 
On the road from Antonina, which is all over rather level land, 1 col- 
lected No. 473 (Chiococca densiflora, D.C.), and No. 474 (Echites odorifera, 
Vell.). The tube of the corolla of this species is purple on the outside, 
the limb greenish white with purple streaks. { 
1st.—Went over some of the flat moist land between the river 
and foot of the Serra. This is partly wooded and partly swampy pastures, 
partially covered with bushes. Collected during the day specimens of | 
№. 475 (Hygrophila costata; №. ab E.) ; No. 476 (Е orsteronia, n. spi 
No. 477, a pretty herbaceous. plant (Hydrolea multiflora, Choisy), with 
numerous blue flowers ; and No. 478 (Dyssochroma viridiflora, Miers), à 
small tree of straggling habit, with large greenish-yellow trumpet-shaped 
flowers. Collected also some seeds of No. 277 (Myrcia sp.) from drier 
situations, where the plant is past flowering, and grows about a foot high. 
In wet places it is 8 feet high, and is in full flower now. 
Feb. 22nd.—In the forest on the Serra to-day I met with a казр 
species of Pothos (?), which I think is worth sending һоше. Its smal 
round leaves are beautifully and thickly dotted with silver; it creeps among 
the decaying vegetable matter in the forest, or over the trunks of rotten 
trees. Nothing can exceed the beauty of a mass of its delicate foliage. 
I met with nothing else of interest, and nothing new to collect. 
Feb. 24th.—On the low grounds, along the side of the river Morettes, 
collected to-day specimens of No, 479 (Pleroma, sp.); No. 480 (Leonotis 
nepetafolia, R. Br.) ; No. 481 (Polygala, n. sp.); and No. 48%, n. 8» a 
small orchid, with numerous white flowers. 
‚ Feb. 28th.—I shall not, I find, get much more here, and intend to leave 
to-morrow for Coritiba, thence to go to look over some of the country oP 
the upper part of the river Ribeira or Assungy, which I am informed 18 
very hilly, with a very varied vegetation. i 
March 3rd.—Arrived in Coritiba. Collected on the campo specimens 
of No. 483 (Nothites, т. sp.); №..484 (Pleroma, n. sp., near Р. hetero- 
mallum) ; and No. 485 (Pavonia muricata, St. Hil.). 
March 5th.—Went over some of the campo and pine woods near the 
town, and collected specimens of No. 486 (Boussingaultia, n. sp.), а 80 
culent climber, with pendant spikes of pale white flowers, growing ш the 
woods; Мо. 487 (Gesnera allagophylla, Mart.) ; No. 488 (Bulbostylis, ™ 
255 №. 489 (Hyptis, n. зр.); and No. 490 (Cestrum- Sellowianum, 
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` "The mail came in to-day, and I had a letter from the Royal Horticultural 
