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name Karaguatii ; it is properly known as Uvird, and 

 tliis is the name which ought certainly to be used in 

 referring to it, instead of the very vague and indefinite 

 Karaguatii. 



Bromelia ? sp. ? 



To the Paraguayans this species is known as Karaguatd it; 

 to the Tobas as TuJdate. 



The Karaguata it is an inhabitant of the monte, where 

 it forms a dense undergrowth. The leaves are about 3 feet 

 in length, tapering gradually towards the apex. Margins 

 beset, at regular intervals, with spines acutely bent towards 

 the apex. The upper surface is deeply concave, and leads 

 down into the widely sheathing leaf-base. The fruit is 

 very enticing, of a rich yellow colour, and attractive odour. 

 When first met with I hastened to taste the berries, but 

 though pleasant to taste they are very acrid. 



The Tobas pile the spiny Karaguatd plants over the 

 graves of their people. 



To the traveller in the Gran Cliaco this plant is an 

 inestimable boon, for the dews and rains collect in the 

 deep sheathing axils of its leaves, in which one can thus 

 always find a little fresh water, even when the country all 

 around is baked and parched, and when the rivers are 

 either completely dry or have only a runlet of intense salt 

 brine trickling down their beds. 



TiLLANDSiA BANDENSIS, Baker. 



Hab. — A common epiphyte in the forests of the 

 Pilcomayo. 



TiLLANDSiA HiLAiREANA, Baker. 



Hab. — Rio Pilcomayo. Abundant. Epiphytic on nearly 

 every tree. 



TiLLANDSiA VERNICOSA, Baker. 



Hab. — Piio Pilcomayo. Epiphytic. 



TILLANDSIA TOMENTOSA, N. E. Br. (n. sp.). — Foliis 

 rosulatis, caule brevioribus, basi subbulboso-convolutis, 

 lineari - attenuatis, recurvis, convolutis, apice circinatis, 

 utrinque dense squamuloso-tomentosis ; caule foliis 2—3 

 instructis, superne in vaginis dense lepidotis abeuntibus ; 

 spicis fasciculato-paniculatis, distichis (pedunculis in vaginis 



