104 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



samara, which in the dried specimens appears about 1^ cm. in 

 diameter. 



In flower at Caballero ; in fruit among the hills on the road 

 between Yilla Rica and Escoba. 



MYRTACE^. 

 Psidiiim GuajaTa, L., Sp. PL, 470. 



Asuncion (118). November-December. 



The well-known Guava, or "Guyada," as it is written and pro- 

 nounced in Paraguay, so common in the West Indies. It is com- 

 mon both in gardens and wild at Asuncion. The tree grows 5-t 

 m. in height. The fruit, much like a small apple in size and shape, 

 is highly esteemed both as a fruit for eating and for making jelly. 

 It is yellowish-green when mature, and has a pleasant aromatic 

 odor and a soft reddish pulp full of seeds. Birds are extremely 

 fond of it, and so are pet animals like monkeys. To my own taste 

 the meat is rather insipid. The flowers are large, white, looking as 

 much like the flowers of a Rubus as anything. 



Psidium Kennedyanuiii, Morong, n. sp. 



A small tree 5-7 m. high, generally bent downwards at the summit. It 

 has the habit of P. Guajava, the outer bark scaling off and leaving a smooth, 

 whitish-green surface beneath, something like our Buttonwood. Leaves oppo- 

 site, glabrous, entire, elliptical, acute at either end, or the tip acuminate and 

 sometimes curving upwardly, slightly re volute ; midrib prominent beneath, 

 veins and venules distinct, curving into a connected marginal vein, the same 

 color on both sides, minutely pellucid-punctate; blades 3-7 cm. long, 1-2 cm. 

 wide, on petioles 3-7 mm. long. Branches terete, or slightly compressed at 

 the apex, glabrous. Flowers solitary, axillary, in peduncles about 2 cm. long. 

 Calyx closed in bud, 6 or 7 mm. long, in anthesis rupturing to the disk in 4 

 or 5 very thick ovate lobes. Petals 4 or 5, white, free, oblong, obtuse, 8 or 9 

 mm. long. Stamens numerous ; filaments filamentous ; anthers capitate, fixed 

 near the base. Style erect, 7 or 8 mm. long, about the length of the stamens ; 

 stigma capitate. Ovary 5-celled. Berry pyriform, 2-2|- cm. long, 1^ cm. 

 broad, glabrous, minutely rough, many-seeded, surmounted by the remains 

 of the calyx and the disk cavity, which is about 5 mm. broad. 



Abundant in dense woods in some localities on the Pilcomayo 

 River (890). January. 



Called Guyada chica by our peons, who easily recognized its 

 similarity to the common large Guava of the country. It is here 

 named in honor of Dr. Geo. G. Kennedy, who generously con- 

 tributed towards the expenses of my expedition. 



