110 Plants Collected m Paraguay. 



contains 10 or more flat seeds arranged in a sort of head, lying im 

 bricately upon each other in 3 or 4 rows and attached at the base, 

 the uppermost covering the rest in a sloping direction, the whole 

 surmounted by the persistent style and stigma. At maturity the 

 seeds separate, and appear attached to the receptacle by minute 

 stalks. The pod bursts open irregularly and the seeds with their 

 stalks are thrust out. In open grounds. 



Pleuropliora saccocarpa, Koehne, Eugl. Bot. Jahrb., ii, 426. 



Pilcomayo River (869). January. = Balansa 2218. 



A shrubby, little, branching plant from 3 to 9 dm. in height. 

 Flow^ers with red petals, numerous, crowded, in long racemes upon 

 the stem and branches. Calyx enclosing the ovary in a sort of 

 sack, whence the specific name. Stamens 6 or t, filiform, much ex- 

 serted, giving a graceful look to the flower. Found in open grounds 

 at the Obraje de Pedro Gill. 



IVesaea salicifolia^ H. B. K., Nov. Gen., vi, 192. 



Asuncion (129). November. 



A shrubby, bushy-looking plant, common in low, open grounds 

 and around watercourses. The bright yellow petals, long, exserted 

 stamens, and numerous flowers impart a showy look to the inflores- 

 cence. Similar in its long slender leaves and willowy stem to the 

 Nessea verticillata, so common about our ponds. 



Lager sir oemia Indica, L., Sp. PL, Ed. 2, 734. 



Asuncion (837). 



A handsome flowering shrub with roughish brown-colored bark, 

 5 or 6 m. in height, cultivated in gardens at Asuncion. Flowers in 

 large terminal panicles or compound racemes, rose-colored, showy. 

 Flower buds enclosed in a broad, somewhat membranous bract, and 

 the flowers with 5 and 6 crimped and lobed petals. Flowering a 

 large part of the year. 



PuHica Oranatum, L., Sp. PL, 472. 



Asuncion (846). 



The Pomegranate, or Granada, as it is called in Paraguay, is not 

 a native of the country, but has been introduced probably from 

 southern Europe. A shrub 3 or 4 m. high, with showy scarlet 



