Plants Collected in Paraguay. 150 



Tinea rosea^ L., Sp. PL, Ed. 2, 305. 



Asuncion (802). 



Frequently cultivated in flower gardens at Asuncion, and often 

 escaping upon the roadsides. A shrub 6-15 dm. high, with a showy 

 rose-colored flower, blossoming all the year round. 



Taliernaeniontana australis, Muell. Arg. in Mart. Fl. Bras., vi, pt. 

 1, 84. Ex descr. 



Trinidad (273). December-January. = Balansa 1358. 



A small tree 6-8 m. in height, very interesting on man}^ accounts. 

 It has a milky juice, and smooth, light-colored bark Flowers rather 

 small, as white as snow, fragrant, the tube of the corolla of a yel- 

 lowish tint, 5-angled, bulging outwardly near the centre, the snowy 

 lobes large, rounded at apex, oblique at base, and curving around 

 each other convolutely from left to right like a boy's paper wind- 

 mill. Ovary of 2 closely united carpels, forming in fruit 2 follicles, 

 firmly attached at the base. Follicles large, very milky when young, 

 one-celled, with a thick rind which is rough on the outside with 

 koobby protuberances. Seeds when young wiih an egg-shaped, 

 pellucid, striped body on one side, and a crumpled body looking 

 like the meat of an English walnut on the other side. In fruit the 

 follicles dehisce laterally in 2 valves, spreading wide open, the 

 crumpled body spoken of above becoming a red aril, which finally 

 drops off, leaving in the shell many dark seeds which resemble the 

 coffee berry in appearance. The people show their appreciation of 

 this handsome tree by planting it in their flower-gardens. The 

 Guarani name is Gurupicay . The viscous, milky juice is said to 

 yield caoutchouc, and is used as a bird lime. The wood is light 

 and sometimes employed as a substitute for cork. Parodi states 

 that the juice is used by quacks on wounds and as a remedy for 

 snake-bites. He thinks that it may serve as a substitute for 

 Aconite and Phus Toxicodendron, and is good as a corrosive for 

 warts. 



Forsteronia Brasiliensis, A. D.C., Prod., viii, 436. 



Asuncion (712); Pilcomayo River (1525). February-May. 

 = Balansa 1369. 



A liana climbing without tendrils over bushes and trees, the main 

 trunk somewhat spiny, the branches long and withe-like. Flowers 

 small, light yellow, in terminal spikes. Follicles twin, united at 



