126 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



both surfaces, the 2 lower on very short petiolules, and smaller 

 than the others; the 3 upper on petiolules 6 cm. long; the largest 

 leaflets 20 cm. long by 6 cm. broad, all light green in color. It is 

 known popularly as Lepacho del campo, resembling the true Le- 

 pacho only in having quinate leaves. 



KUBIACE^. 

 Liignstum ignitlim (Veil.), Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL, 287. 



Lympio(^31); Caballero (512). January-May. 



A slender, climbing vine. Leaves glabrous, opposite, entire, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, shortly petioled, 

 rounded at base, 2-4 cm. long, 1-2J cm. wide. Flowers single, at 

 the ends of long drooping peduncles, trumpet-shaped. Corolla dark 

 red, about 4 cm. long, with 4 short oblong lobes. Capsule 2-celled, 

 2-seeded, 10-12 mm. long. 



A showy-flowered vine in thickets. 



Oldenlandia thesiifolia (St. Hil.), Schum. in Mart. Fl. Bras., vi, pt. 



6, 269. 



Near Luque (330). December. 



A pretty little flower much resembling our Houstonia coeridea, 

 but decidedly different. The stems very slender, 6-10 cm. high; 

 bending over or nearly prostrate, growing in wet grounds. The 

 corolla is white, showing, no trace of a yellow or blue tinge. No 

 signs of dimorphism about the stamens or style. Flowers 1-3, in 

 a pedicellate cluster at the top of the stem. Without radical leaves. 

 Yer}^ hairy in the throat, style and stigma protruding through the 

 hairs. Leaves ovate or nearly oval. 



Mactiaonia acuminata, H. and B., PI. iEq., i, 101, t. 29. 



Gran Chaco, near Asuncion (3*74 a). January-February. 



An unarmed shrub 3-5 m. high, with light gray, warty bark. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, shortly petiolate, entire, acuminate, rounded 

 at the base, at first pubescent, soon glabrate, lighter colored beneath, 

 5-1 cm. long, 2-3 cm. wide. Flowers small, white, in terminal 

 pyramidal panicles. Twigs and perianth tube pubescent. 



Machaonia spinosa, C. and S., Linu?ea, iv, 2. 



Asuncion (374); Pilcomayo River (883). January-April. 

 A shrub or small tree 3-5 m. high, with light gray, warty bark. 

 Quite spiny, but the spines a sharp, hard projection at the ends of 



