70 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



SIMARUBE^. 

 Picramnia Sellowii, Planch, in Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot., v, 578. 



Asuncion (823). October. = Balansa 2506. 



A straggling shrub 1-lJ m. high, with pinnate leaves and minute, 

 greenish flowers in long, compound, linear spikes. Leaves numer- 

 ous, shining above ; leaflets 3-4 pairs, the largest 6-7 cm. long and 

 about 3 cm. vvide. 



MELIACE^. 

 Trichilia Cantigua, A. Juss. in St. Hil. Flor. Bras. Merid., ii, 53. 



Asuncion (762) ; between Yilla Rica and Escoba (448). January- 

 July. rr= Balansa 4655 and 2532. 



A tree 8-12 m. high. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 5 or 6 pairs and 

 1 odd one, oblong, glabrous, shining above, 6-8 cm. long, and 2-3 

 cm. wide. Flowers 3 mm. long, creamy-white, in small, close axil- 

 lary panicles or racemes along the branches. 



Tricllilia elegans, A. Juss. in St. Hil. Flor. Bras. Merid., ii, 79, t. 98. 



Asuncion (834). November. = Riedel, 532, from Brazil, and 

 Balansa, 2530. 



Differs from the preceding species in having numerous small, 

 bright green leaves, the leaflets 2-2^ cm. long, 8-10 mm. wide, 

 broader in the middle, sloping to both ends, nearh'" sessile, retuse 

 or nearly truncate at the apex. Flowers minute, white, but little 

 more than 1 mm. long, in axillary racemes ; petals very deciduous, 

 falling off at a touch. A rather smaller tree, but much more grace- 

 ful, with more numerous blossoms. 



Cedrela fissilis, Veil., Flor. Flum. iv, t. 68, 177. 



Asuncion (629). 



This tree is known all over Paraguay by the name of Cedar, 

 although it bears no resemblance to the true cedar, except in its 

 light, red-colored heart wood. It often attains a height of 20 m. or 

 more, and is valued as the best cabinet-wood in the country, serv- 

 ing almost as well for that purpose as our red cedar, and therefore 

 worthy of the name. It has long straggling branches. The long 

 pinnate leaves give it an elegant appearance, and the great com- 

 pound panicles of flowers, from 4 to 6 dm. in length, are equally 

 striking. The ill-smelling leaves and flowers, however, are not 



