Plants Collected in Paraguay. 181 



which arebifoliolate or trifoliolate, a simple tendril often taking the 

 place of a leaflet. Leaflets always glabrous, shining- above, reticu- 

 late veiny, rounded or subcordate at base, abruptly acuminate at 

 the apex, oval and ovate-lanceolate, 3-10 cm. long, 2-*7 cm. broad. 

 Calyx campanulate, loose, 5-8 mm. long, distantly 5 denticulate 

 and 5-nerved. Corolla pubescent, 2-4 cm. long, obscurely bilabiate, 

 the upper lip with 2 rounded, entire lobes, lower Avith 3 rather 

 larger lobes. Style and stamens included. Fruit not seen. The 

 flower buds and flowers are somewhat viscous, adhering to the 

 drying-paper. 



Bignonia eximia, Morong, n. sp. 



Very glabrous in all its parts. Stem striate. Leaves opposite, bifoliolate, 

 apparently ecirrhose ; petioles l|^-3 cm. long ; petiolules 4-6 mm. long. 

 Leaflets entire, elliptical, narrowed at both ends, acute and mostly cuspidate 

 at the apex, 2^-4 cm. broad in the middle, 6-10 cm. long, reticulate-veiny on 

 both sides. Pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, 3^ mm. long. Calyx campanulate, 



4 or 5 mm. high, distantly denticulate. Corolla purple, infundibuliform, 



5 cm. high, 5 cm. or more in diameter across the mouth when expanded, 

 bilabiate, upper lip 2 and the lower 3-lobed, the lobes broad. Fruit not seen. 



A very showy species, climbing tall trees. 



On the highway between Yilla Rica and Escoba (595). January. 



Biglionia, species undetermined. 



Near Trinidad (796). October. = Balansa 499. 



Jffacfadyena cynanclioides (Cham.), Morong. 

 Dolichandra cynanchoides, Cham., Linusea, 1832, p. 658. 

 Spathodea? Dolichandra, D.C., Prod., ix, 205. 



Between Yilla Rica and Escoba (527) ; Lympio (732) ; Pilcomayo 

 River (910). February-May. 



This genus is tendril climbing, like most of the Bignonias, but 

 differs from that genus principally in having a spathaceous calyx, 

 fissured on one side, with a colored involucre of 2 delicate folia- 

 ceous bracts just beneath the calyx. The species here noted has 

 opposite, bifoliolate leaves, with lanceolate, apiculate, coriaceous, 

 shining blades. Flowers solitary or in clusters of 3-6 ; calyx and 

 corolla red; corolla 4 or 5 cm. long, infundibulifom, curved; stamens 

 and style exserted, presenting a very showy appearance. 



