216 Vlants Collected in Paraguay. 



LORANTHACE^. 



Lorantlms COrdatllS, Hoffmans. in Schultes Syst. vii^ 128. 



Gran Chaco near Asuncion (352). December. 



A parasite growing in large bunches upon Lhplacienia rigida, 

 Benth. Leaves thick, opposite, coriaceous, lanceolate, obtuse, cor- 

 date-amplexicaul. Flowers in terminal clusters, dark red, tubular, 

 5 cm. long, the tube short, splitting into 6 linear lobes above, at 

 length much longer than the tube. Stamens 6 on the corolla, and 

 about as long, and the}^ with the style exserted in anthesis. A 

 singular and very handsome species. The host is sometimes called 

 the Timbo, but is not the true Timbo, which is Enterolohium con- 

 tor tisiliquum. 



Ptioradendron acinacifolium, Mart. Fl. Bras., v, pt. 2, 117. 



Pilcomayo River (1546). March, 



A species which is distinguished by its oblong berries, 4-6 mm. 

 in length. The leaves are obovate or often shaped like a cimeter, 

 whence the specific name. 



Parasitic on the Quebracho Colorado. ' 



Phoradendrou Perottetii (D. C), Eich. in Mart. Fl. Bras., v, pt. 2, 

 112. 



Gran Chaco near Asuncion (358) ; Pilcomayo River (954). 

 Decern ber-March. 



A large mistletoe which occurs in the Gran Chaco opposite Asun- 

 cion on Piptadenia and on the Pilcomayo River on the Quebracho 

 Colorado. It has very large, thick, elliptical leaves; the flowers 

 arranged in jointed spikes along the stems. 



Plioradendron riibriim (L.), Griseb. Flor. Brit. W. Ind., 314. 



Asuncion (618). March. 



Found only in fruit. Parasitic on Lycium Morongii. Leaves 

 linear-oblanceolate, 3-8 cm. long and 1-1|- cm. wide, sessile or 

 minutely petioled. Berries red, pulpy, mucilaginous. 



Phoradendrou obovatifoliiim, Morong, n. sp. 



Branches alternate or sometimes opposite, tetragonous, striate, anoipital, 

 strongly flattened beneath the nodes ; older stem becoming free from strise? 

 and more or less terete. Leaves opposite, obovate, sometimes orbicular- 

 obovate, rounded, obtuse, and mucronate, sometimes slightly emai-ginate at 



