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de Caparaó was nearest, and a caminhaó could make the trip. Finally Sr. Almeida said he would make arrangements for that afternoon if he could, now he must go to Almoçan. So we went to the very pretty little town park to wait on him, where, at her request, I gave Mrs. M. lessons on grass structure from grasses there. We couldn't get a  caminhaó (motor truck) that afternoon, but could next morning, so we went to a "hotel" and Mrs. M. had noon meal, while I got baggage transferred to coffee warehouse ready for morning. Then we went botanizing (I'd been prospecting while Mrs. M. finished her meal). It wasn't much till we finally struck a bit of original woods, (matta) where I found Olyra Sampaiana Hitchc. with tubers on its roots as related in fragment of letter sent. I had intended to stop at Reeve (type loc) on return to get it. The plants were found in two small colonies only, up a steep jingly slope and at its base. Relatively few [[strikethrough]] were [[/srikethrough]] had inflorescence. I got about 10 specimens, about all the good ones I saw. I had been collecting some time before I found them. I dug some good sterile plants, cut off tops, wrapped base in big leaves and hurried back to Alegre to send them