]80 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



Lyciiim morongii, Britton, n. sp. 



A glabrous shrub. Leaves ovate or oval, thick, pinnately veined, 5-7 cm. 

 long, 2-3 cm. wide, acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, crenulate on the 

 margins, borne on petioles 3-10 mm. long ; flowers about 3 mm. long, numer- 

 ous, in dense clusters at the nodes ; pedicels about 2 mm. long ; corolla 4-lobed 

 to about one-fourth of its length ; stamens 4, inserted near the summit of the 

 corolla-tube ; stigma capitate ; calyx 4-toothed, the teeth triangular, obtuse. 

 Fruit nearly globose, 3 mm. in diameter. 



Asuncion (161). November-May. 



A straggling shrub, growing 3-4 m. high in the lowlands around 

 Asuncion, and also near the road on the way to Lyrapio. The 

 limbs are often flexuous, and the leaves shining on the upper sur- 

 face Strong spines occur at the ends of short lateral branches. 

 The blood-red pulpy disk upon which the ovary is seated becomes 

 dry and membranous in fruit. Fruit a dark purple berry. 



Datura fastuosa, L., Sp. PL, Ed. 2, 256. 



Asuncion (652). January-May. 



A favorite flower in Asuncion gardens where it sometimes grows 

 to the height of 5 m. or more. Corolla light purple, very large 

 and showy, double. It often escapes into waste grounds where it 

 retains the double corolla, sometimes having as many as 3 corollas, 

 one inside of the other. Running wild, it is very apt to have 

 deformed fruit. Sometimes 2 or 3 imperfectly developed burrs 

 coalesce in one. 



Datura Metel, L., Sp. PL, Ed. 2, 256. 



Asuncion (69). October-February. 



The common Datura around Asuncion, as frequent there as is 

 our D. Stramonium, here. A very beautiful flower, the corolla 

 large, funnel-form, pure white and very fragrant. 



Cestruni calycinum, Willd. ; R. and S. Syst., iv, 808. 



Asuncion (227); Caballero (445). December-January. = Twee- 

 die 1193 and Balansa 2092. 



A leafy shrub which sometimes grows into a small tree 5 m. or 

 more in height. Flowers tubular, the corolla downy, greenish- 

 yellow, 1 cm. or more in length. 



Cestruni Parqui, L'Her., Stirp., iv, 73, t. 36. 



Buenos Aires (16); Asuncion (257 and 369). November-Decem- 

 ber. 



