grasses only in tiie shelter of tliorny shrubs or of cactus. 
Garanhuns, tiia end of the railroad to the south west of PernambucOt 
is also in toe sertao, but afforded mucn better botanii^ing. From here, 
together with two women missionaries, I went to Paulo iiffonso ii'alls in 
Eio Sao Francisco* I had oeeii told tiiat no botanist had visited the 
falls ami 1 looked forward to a fine torvest, but tiie great mddy river 
flows through a desert. ^Jne spray from the mighty falls does not mter 
the mxlls of the gorge, whiclii are hot bare roclc* There wore plenty of 
cacti and soma beautif-ul flowering shrubs and Tines but very few grasses* 
Heturning to Garaniiuns 1 wenX to IvkiCied, tiBnce by steamer to Bahia* 
The peninsula of BaMa is Mlly and forested, 'jlim trail borders 
and bahtes ^ere rich in grasBBB* I ^mnt to Joazeiro, two ^days Jouine.y 
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by rail* Martins, cteKmmiiig- Ei o aao Jj'ra.nci sco, left '^the" river at 
JMf&'^^'f^iimnmxx ■ ""."vBnt OTerland' to Bahia, Donkeys , hor se s , ca tt le , sheep 
and goats have changed the character of the country from mhat it was in 
Martins* day. places north of Bahia seen from the train, Alagoinhas 
and Parafuso, looked promising* I silent a day in each and obtained 
fine collections at both* ixnother profitable trip ms across the bay 
to Gachoeira a"nd i^'eira Santa Anna* 
I reached Mo d-^ Janeiro the sec cud tiii^e early in January, and at 
once began on classic Corcovado* Trie grass flom is very rich in txB 
mountains about -40* •Ihrougn tue kindness of Pr« Ganipos I'orto of tne 
Jardim Botanico, Dona Maria Bandeiara, wiio is wcrking at the Jardim 
Botanico on the mosses of Bm^il, and 1 had the opportunity to visit 
Itatiaia and climb its peak, iiguliias l^egras, the highest point in Bi*a2il* 
