202 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



high. Leaves petiolate, broadly ovate, unequally crenate-dentate, 

 fuscous above, whitish beneath, rugose-veiny. Open grounds. 



SalTia cardiopliylla, Benth., Lab., 721. 



Asuncion (65); Pilcomayo River (1542). November-June, 

 Stem 4-6 dm. high, glabrous or downy. Leaves broad deltoid, 

 obtuse or acute, truncate or cordate at the base, dentate. Flowers 

 light blue, 3-6 in the verticil. The plant has a strong aromatic 

 odor. 



Salvia rigida, Benth., Lab., 269. 



Between Villa Rica and Escoba (415). January. r=r Balansa 990. 



This species has an erect, hirsute stem, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves 

 crowded, downy, elliptical, acute at the apex, sessile, somewhat 

 auriculate at the base, 2J-4 cm. long and l-I^ cm. broad. Flowers 

 white, in long terminal racemes, the pedicels 2 or 3 mm. long. 

 Growing on the open campo. 



Scutellaria rumicifolia, H. B. K., Nov. Gen. ii, 324. 



Asuncion (58 and 826). October-January. 



A small, much branched plant, 1^-2 dm. high. Flowers 3 or 4 

 mm. high, the corolla violet and white, the lower lip purple spotted. 

 The flowers are very numerous, in long terminal racemes. Grow- 

 ing in grassy grounds on the outskirts of the city and even in the- 

 streets. On the edges of the sidewalk near my house I found 

 plenty of it. 



Leonurus Sibiricus, L., Sp. PL, 584. 



Asuncion (769). November-July. 



This species, which occurs occasionally as a waif in our country, 

 is quite common in the waste grounds of Asuncion. There it 

 grows in large patches, 8-12 dm. in height. 



Teucrium inflatuiu, Sw., Flor. Ind. Occ, ii, 1003. 



Asuncion (It 9). November-December. 



This plant occurs abundantly on the low grounds near the river 

 at Asuncion. It is a coarse-leaved, pubescent species, 4-6 dm. high. 

 Flowers crowded in terminal spikes. Calyx inflated, very downy. 

 Corolla a light purple. 



