Plants Collected in Paraguay. 179 



Pliysalis viscosa, L., Sp. PL, 183. 



Asuncion (115) ; Pilcomayo River (1532). November-February. 



Occurs in door-yards and waste grounds around Asuncion, as well 

 as far up the Pilcomayo in uninhabited districts. Birds, monkeys, 

 and insects eat the fruit with avidity. I lost a good many speci- 

 mens through cockroaches, which devour all the berries that are 

 not protected. It is used in Paraguay medicinally, being regarded 

 by the natives as an efficacious remedy for children's complaints. 

 The fruit is often sold in the city market of Asuncion. 



Capsiciiin aniiiium, L., Sp. PL, 188. 



Asuncion (696). April-May. 



Running "wild in the waste grounds about the city. A shrub 

 about 15 dm. high. The fruit is conical, 4-6 cm. in length, bright 

 red when ripe, very hot to the taste. It is sold in the markets of 

 Asuncion, and much relished as a flavoring for soups. Many medi- 

 cinal virtues are attributed to it. 



Capsicum baccatum, L., Sp. PL, 188. 



Villa Rica (388); Pilcomayo River (961). January-March. 

 A shrub 6-9 dm. high. Berries yellowish or red when ripe, oval, 

 sometimes 13 mm. long, intensely hot to the taste. 



Jaliorosa integrifolia, Lam., Encyc, iii, 189. 

 Buenos Aires (6). October. 



Salpicbroa rhomboidea (GrilL and Hook.), Miers in Hook. Lond. 

 Jour. Bot., iv, 326. 



Asuncion (707). May. 



Prutescent, 6-9 dm. high, growing in tangled masses by the 

 roadsides. The flowers are small, white, nodding, with an urceo- 

 late corolla. Stems square, with a dead, dry look about them, the 

 young shoots and branches green, bearing 2 rows of hairs which 

 are curiously curled, nearly looped upwards. The older stems are 

 weak and brittle, with a corky exterior. 



liycium Tweediaillim, G-riseb., PL Lorentz, 168. 



Pilcomayo River (1006). May. 



A thorny shrub 1^-4 m. high, with many short, lateral, very 

 brittle branches, sharply spinous at the apex. Flowers small, soli- 

 tary, lilac. Fruit a small berry, red when ripe. 



