Plants Collected in Paraguay. 59 



PaTonia sepium^ St. Hil., Fl. Bras. Merid., i, 225. 

 P. flava, Spring, Flora, xx, Beibl. No. 2, 96. 



Asuncion (473 b) ; between Villa Rica and Escoba (473 c). 

 = Mart. Herb. Flor. Bras., No. 95. 



Similar to No. 473, but with taller stems, flowers smaller, on 

 much longer peduncles, and the teeth of the carpels more slender. 

 This frequently grows 2-3 m. high. Fruit abundant in a long, 

 loose, terminal inflorescence, on peduncles 2-4 cm. long. 



Pavonia tiastata, Cav., Diss., iii, 138, t. 47, f. 2. 



Caballero (428). January. 



With hastate-lobed, oblong or ovate-lanceolate leaves. Flowers 

 large and showy ; petals 2 cm. long, light purple, with deeper purple 

 stripes. Carpels very different from those of the preceding species, 

 being flattened oval in shape, rugose-veiny, with 2 narrow wrings on 

 opposite sides and 2 gibbous points at the apex instead of the 3 long 

 barbed teeth which are found in the other species. On the railroad 

 track near Caballero. 



PaTonia Mutisii, H. B. K., Nov. Geu., v, 283. 



Asuncion (702). May. Named by Edmund Baker. 



Stems 1-1^ m. high, very downy, the down mixed with long 

 white hairs. Leaves and short lateral branches numerous. Leaves 

 broadly cordate-ovate, velvety-downy, 2-6 cm. long and ^\-^^ cm. 

 wide, on short petioles. Flowers numerous, solitary on short axil- 

 lary peduncles, or when in bud looking as if in clusters, large, light 

 yellow, with a dark purplish eye at the base inside. This is readily 

 distinguished by its almost glomerate leaves, branches, and flowers, 

 and especially by its curious carpels, which are hooded and 1-horned 

 at the apex. 



In old fields and along fence rows. 



Hibiscus cisplatinus, St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid., i, 194. 



Asuncion (849); Pilcomayo Kiver (1016). December-April. 

 Named by Edmund Baker. 



This grows abundantly about the mouth of the Pilcomayo and 

 at the Falls. It has a stem from 1^-3 m. in height, and clothed 

 with small, hooked prickles which are slightly stinging. The corolla 

 is very large, the petals being 5 cm. or more in length. They are 



