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ijllipticis obtusis, ciliatis iutus pubescentibus, disco crenato, 

 iiiasculis staminibus 20-30, foemineis ovario glabro stylis 

 2-4, baccis globosis, seminibus 3-4. Myroxylon Salzraanni, 

 Morong and Britton in Ann. New York Acad. Sc, vii., 

 p. 52, not of Kuntze. 



Hab. — I'araguay ; Asuncion, CHbert, 10! 1026! Eio 

 Pilcomayo, Kerr ! 



Spini f— 1^ poll, longi. Folia l4-2i poll, longa, f-l| 

 poll. lata. Petioli i-| poll, longi. Pedicelli 1-2 lin. 

 longi. Sepala | lin. longa. Bacca 2 lin. diam. 



According to Gibert this is a large tree, called Nuati- 

 2mnta by the natives. The plant collected at Uberaba, 

 in Minas Geraes, by Eegnell (Xo. 1534), I believe also 

 belongs to this species ; but the leaves are larger (up to 

 o inches long by 2 inches broad), and the crenations more 

 numerous and finer ; in all other respects it perfectly agrees 

 with the plant here described, the leaves having the same 

 peculiarity of being glandular-decurrent on the petioles, by 

 which character it may be at once distinguished from 

 X. Sahmanni, Clos., to which it is wrongly referred by 

 Eichler in the Flora Brasiliensis (X. E. Brown). 



Pol YG ALA PAPvAGUAYENSis, A. "VV. Bcnn. (Syn. P. aregu- 

 <-nsis, A. W. Benn.). — I see no distinction between tlie 

 plants described under the above names. P. arcgucnsis is 

 evidently perennial, and not an annual as stated by 

 Bennett (X. E. Brown). 



Hab. — Fortin Page. In grass by the edge of the monte. 

 Fl. 8th Oct. 



Port UL AC A sp. 



Hab. — Ptio Pilcomayo. 



Malyastrum Tweediei, Baker fil. 



Hab. — Fortin Page. Damp open spots. Fl. 9th Oct. 



Spileralcea bonariensis, Griseb. 



Hab. — Eio Parana. Colonia Hernanda. Fl. Jan. 



1'avonia consobrixa, X. E. Br. (n. sp.). — P. hastata similis 

 sed foliis minus hastatis crenato-dentatis, pedicellis quam 

 petiolis non longioribus, involucri bracteis linearibus vel 

 anguste oblauceolato-oblongis quam calyce distincte longi- 

 oribus, et corolla calyce vi.K excedente differt. 



