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occnltis, apice fasciculatim 3-4 spicatis), rscurvis, 6—12— 

 floris, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, conduplicatis, obtusis vel 

 acutis, lepidotis vel subglabris, iinbricatis, calycem sub- 

 aequantibus; sepalis oblanceolato-oblongis subobtusis, glabris, 

 ungues petalonim a-quantibus ; petaKs roseo-purpureis, 

 laminis subrotundis ; staminibus styloque inclusis. 



Hab. — Kio Pilcomayo, Kerr ! 



Folia 6-8 poll, longa, basi h poll lata. Caulis 16-18 

 poll, longus, Spicae li— 3 poll longse, I poll. lata-. 

 Bractese 5-7 lin. longae, 2i-3 lin. latse, Sepala 6—7 

 lin. longa, 2| lin. lata. Petalorum lamina 5 lin. diam. 



This species, I think, should be placed near T. strepto- 

 phylla, but is abundantly distinguished from that and all 

 allied species by having the recurving flower-spikes 

 grouped in four or five distant fascicles, forming a dis- 

 tichous panicle 6 or 7 inches long by 4 or 5 inches broad 

 (X. E. Brovrn). 



Hab. — Plio Pilcomayo. Epiphytic. Common. 



Ctpella gracilis, Baker. 

 Hab. — Eio Pilcomayo. 



Ctpella herberti, Herb. 



Hab. — Fortin Page. Open campo. Fl. 9th Oct. 



Mayaca Sellowiana, Kunth. 



Hab. — Plio Pilcomayo. Creeping on ground in damp 

 spots in forest. 



COMMELINA VIRGINICA, L. (C. sulcato., Willd.). 



Hab. — Eio Pilcomayo. Very common in shady spots. 



Of palms, I found three species conspicuous on the 

 banks of the Pilcomayo, Copernicia cerifcra, Trithrinax 

 hrasiliciuu, and Cocos audralis. 



COCOS AUSTRALIS, Mart. 



This, a tall and beautiful palm called Findo in Guarani, 

 and CTiciJ: laUt in Toba, was not found in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Fortin Page. Along the lower reaches of 

 the Pilcomayo, and on the banks of the Eio Bermejo, it is 

 a conspicuous object growing singly and solitary in the di- 

 cotyledonous forest. The fleshy pericarp of its drupaceous 

 fruit is sweet and wholesome, while the heart of the 

 crown is also used as a vegetable. 



