Plants Collected in Paraguay. 103 



off in April or June, and the fruit han^in^ on conspicuously till 

 July and August. 



Inga affiiiis, D.C., Prod., ii, 433. 



Asuncion (528). October-January. 



A small, rather handsome tree 5-8 m. in height, with long limbs 

 and thick foliage. Leaves pinnate, with 4 pairs of pinnee, the leaf- 

 lets elliptical or lanceolate, a little shining above, sessile, entire, the 

 rachis between the pairs winged. Between each pair of leaflets is 

 a cup-shaped gland. Fruit an edihle legume, 8-10 cm. in length, 

 with 2 thick, raised, fleshy margins, very downy, and with 10 or 

 12 septa, and as many seeds lying at right angles to the pod. 

 Several pods on a peduncle. The flowers of this tree are large and 

 conspicuous. The fruit eaten by the common people. Common in 

 thickets. Native name Inga. 



COMBRETACE^. 

 Coinbretum Jacquini, Gris., Fl. Brit. W. Ind. Isd., 275. 



Asuncion (822). October. 



A bushy-headed and much-branched tree, with smooth, dark gray 

 bark, 9-15 m. high. Leaves numerous, crowded, entire, opposite, 

 coriaceous, dark green and shining above, lighter colored beneath, 

 glabrous or the youngest pubescent beneath, t-10 cm. long and 4-5 

 cm. wide. Flowers greenish-yellow, the racemes disposed in clus- 

 ters on peduncles 2 or 3 cm. long. The inflorescence rusty pubes- 

 cent and somewhat glandular. Calyx lobes and petals 4, the latter 

 yellow. Stamens 8, much exserted. The young branches of this 

 tree have the curious habit of ending in long naked twigs, which 

 twine about themselves like a vine. Fruit not seen. 



Combretum Loeflingii, Eichler, Mart. Fl. Bras., xiv, pt. 2, 110. 



Caballero (450). January. 



A large tree. Young branches, rachis, petioles, pedicels, and 

 calyx lepidote. Leaves elliptical, 6-8 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, 

 somewhat coriaceous, shining above, thickly lepidote beneath, on 

 petioles about 1 cm. long. Flowers in lateral racemes 4-6 cm. long. 

 Calyx and sepals reddish ; stamens reddish-purple, much exserted, 

 3 or 4 times as long as the calyx. Petals much smaller than the 

 calyx lobes and nearly hidden by them. Fruit a 4 or 5 winged 



