148 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



£cliillOCepliallllll latifolitim, Gardn. in Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot., 

 vii, 295. 



Pilcomayo Riv^er (1054). June. = Balansa 857. 



Somewhat like the Wulffia above described. Heads smaller, 

 g-lobular, with yellow rays, burr-like in aspect when in fruit, the 

 paleae pointed by a weak yellow spine. Leaves ovate or deltoid- 

 ovate, opposite, dentate, the blades 5-8 cm. long, on petioles 1^-2^ 

 cm. in length. 



Verljesina Ariiottii^ Baker, 1. c, 215. 



Near Trinidad (845). November. = Gibert 1043. 



A handsome plant, with large, solitary, sulphur-yellow heads, on 

 naked peduncles 7-22 cm. long. Stems rough, often much branched, 

 3-6 dm. high. Leaves alternate, serrate, sessile, 3-5 cm. long, 6 

 mm. to 2 cm. broad. Rays about 12, often with a black line along 

 the margins. Heads 2-2 J cm. high. Pappus of 3 awns. Recep- 

 tacle with chaff longer than the achenia. 



Verlbesina encelioides (Cav.), A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A., i, pt. 2, 288. 



Verbesina australis, Baker, 1. c. 



Asuncion (98). November. 



Much branched, 3-6 dm. high, with many showy heads of deep 

 yellow flowers. Heads 2 cm. high, 2^ cm. in diameter when ex- 

 panded. Leaves alternate or the lower opposite or subopposite, 

 petioled, incisely serrate, acute or acuminate, cuneate or sometimes 

 auriculate at base, white tomentose beneath, dark above, 3-8 cm. 

 long, 2-4 cm. wide at base. 



Verliesina sordescens, D.C., Prod., v, 613. 



Asuncion (628 a). March. = Balansa 860 a. 



Stems pubescent, much branched, 6-12 dm. high. Flowers 

 smaller than in the preceding species, in large terminal corymbs, 

 the peduncles 1-3 cm. long. Heads 1-1 -| cm. high. Rays about 

 10, light yellow, striped. Leaves alternate or the lower opposite, 

 sessile, dentate, the teeth callous, 7-15 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide. In 

 dry open grounds. 



Spilantlies stolonifera, D.C., 1. c, 621. 



Asuncion (89). = Balansa 789 and 790. 



This pretty little yellow-flowered composite, from 8 to 20 cm. in 

 height, covers all the flats along the river-side near Asuncion. It 



