Plants Collected in Paraguay. 185 



A shrubby, much branched plant, 3 or 4 dm. high, with large 

 purple flowers, common on the campos east of Asuncion as far as 

 Villa Rica. 



Gerardia genistifolia, C. and S., 1. c, 15. 



Asuncion (231); Pilcomayo River (915). December-February. 

 = Balansa 2168. 



A very showy suffruticose species. Stems with many opposite, 

 erect branches, 5-10 dm. high. Flowers numerous, in long terminal 

 racemes, large, purple. This plant made a great display along 

 the low grounds on the borders of the Pilcomayo River, where it 

 occurred for miles. 



LENTIBULARIJE. 

 Utrictilaria juncea, Vahl., Enum., i, 202. 

 Villa Rica (581). January. = Balansa 2071 



Utriciilaria subiilata, L., Sp. PL, 18. 



Luque (332). December. = Balansa 2075, 



GESNERACEiE. 



Actiimenes tiibiflora (Hook.), Britton. 

 Gloxinia tuhiflora, Hook., Bot. Mag., t. 3971. 



Pilcomayo River (865). January. 



A fine plant 6-9 dm. high. Leaves thickly clustered towards the 

 base. Flowers racemed on long naked stems. Corolla white, fun- 

 nel-shaped, the long tube (5-7 cm.) projecting at right angles from 

 the calyx, with a short, obtuse spur projecting from the other side, 

 which is filled with nectar. Fruit a conical capsule, 1-celled, con- 

 taining a multitude of small oblong seeds looking like little worms. 



On the open campo, at a place known as Obraje de Pedro Gill. 



BIGNONIACE^. 



Bignonia Morongii, Britton, n. sp. 



An erect, branching, glabrous shrub. Leaves simple, cuneate-oblanceolate, 

 thick, obtuse or rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base into a short 

 petiole, entire, clustered at the ends of short, lateral branches, reticulate- 

 veined, 3-5 cm. long, about 1 cm. wide ; flowers terminating the short lateral 



