112 Plants Collected in Paraguaxj. 



Jussiaea Peruviana, L., Sp. PL, 388. 



Asuncion (137). November. 



About as tall as no. 137 a, but a much larger and coarser shrub. 

 Leaves 2J-4 cm. in breadth. Pods large, scattered, obovoid, 

 4-nerved and 4-angled. Both this and the preceding species are 

 downy or hirsute, and common in low grounds. 



Jussiaea pilosa, H. B. K., Nov. Gen., vi, 101, t. 532. 



Asuncion (771). May. 



Hairy, branching, 3-5 dm. high, in water or on low lands. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, 2^-7-J cm. long. Flowers yellow, small, the corolla 

 not much over 1 cm. in diameter when expanded. Pod long, linear, 

 downy or nearly smooth. At Asuncion and on the Gran Campo 

 10 or 12 miles from Asuncion. Petals in this species 5. Stem 

 stout and angled. 



Jussiaea repens, L., Sp. Pi., 388. 



Asuncion (178 and 290). November. 



A small creeping bog plant common in low lands, 8-20 cm. high, 

 5-parted. Corolla small, yellow, about 1 cm. in diameter. 



Jussiaea sericea, Camb. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid., ii, 254. 



Luque (302); Caballero (427). December-January. 



This is the broad-leaved form of the species alluded to in Flor. 

 Bras. 



A half-shrubby plant 6-9 dm. high, with silky and ferruginous- 

 hairy, angular stem, numerous leaves, and large, sulphur-yellow or 

 purplish-yellow flowers, with fugacious petals. Petals and calyx 

 lobes 4 ; stamens 8. Style thick and fleshy ; stigma large, globular 

 or oval. Around each petal at the base, on the ovarian disk, is a 

 semicircular hairy fringe. Leaves sometimes 12 mm. broad. Pod 

 4-celled, with numerous small seeds. In dry open grounds. 



SAMYDACE^. 

 Casearia sylvestris, Sw., Fl. Ind. Occ, ii, 752. 



Asuncion (765). July. 



A smooth shrub or small tree 5 or 6 m. in height, with gray bark. 

 Leaves numerous, crowded, lanceolate, acuminate, alternate, pellu- 



