Plants Collected in Paraguay. 113 



cid-punctate; S-t cm. long, serrulate, the teeth callous-tipped, shin- 

 ing on the upper surface, often hanging downwards and the pairs 

 meeting back to back. Petioles 3 or 4 mm. long. Flowers very 

 small, white, in axillary clusters, the clusters appearing like verti- 

 cels, looking much like those of our Ilex verticillata. Apetalous ; 

 divisions of perianth 6. Anthers 10 or 12. Thickets. 



Banara Brasiliensis (Schott.), Benth. Jour. Lin. Soc, v, App. 2, 91. 



Near Asuncion (689). April. 



A tree 8 or 9 m. high, with gray bark, conspicuous in the woods 

 for its numerous yellow blossoms. Sepals 3, pubescent on the out- 

 side, alternating with 3 petals, the corolla 10 or 12 mm. in diameter 

 when expanded. Stamens numerous, yellow, conspicuous. Leaves 

 alternate, glabrous and shining above, pubescent on the nerves be- 

 neath, on petioles 1-2 cm. long, which bear 1 or 2 cup-shaped glands 

 at the top ; the largest blades about J 5 cm. long and not quite half 

 as wide ; the serrulate teeth callous or with a small round gland 

 Ijeneath. Berry a little larger than a pea, containing many small 

 seeds, which are distributed irregularly, imbedded in a fleshy pulp. 

 Style persistent as a beak. Flowers in rather loose terminal pani- 

 cles 8-12 cm. long. Young branches cinereous-pubescent. 



Banara tomentosa, Olos., Annal. Sci. Nat., ser. 4, viii, 240. Ex descr. 



:N'ear Asuncion (750). = Balansa 2293 a and 2293 b. 



A tree about 9 m. in height, with grayish bark, the young 

 branches, inflorescence, petioles and leaves covered with close white 

 stellate and single hairs. Leaves simple, ovate, abruptly and 

 obtusely acuminate, 5-nerved from the base, the nerves prominent ; 

 the largest blades 15-20 cm. in length and 5 cm. broad, with dark 

 callous serratures, or a black gland in their place. Found only in 

 fruit, which consists of close, pyramidal, terminal panicles of yellow- 

 ish-red berries with a juicy pulp in the interior, containing 6 or 8 

 small, minutely pitted, irregularly-shaped, dark-colored seeds, dis- 

 tributed at random through the pulp. The pulp stains the fingers 

 purple. Berries 5 or 6 mm. in diameter. Panicles 4-6 cm. long. 

 In woods. 



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