220 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



a large lobed caruncle at the lower end. When cut the stem exudes 

 a copious watery milk. 



One of the most striking plants on the lowlands near the river 

 at Asuncion (71). November-December. = Balansa 1718. 



Croton glandulosiis, L., Sp. PL, Ed. 2, 1425. 



Asuncion (113). 



Common in waste grounds, and flowering from November to June. 



Croton lolbatiis, L., Sp. PL, 1005. 



Pilcomayo River (939). February. 



Herbaceous. Stems glabrous, dichotomously branched, 4-6 dm. 

 high. Leaves 3-5 lobed. Petioles 1-4 cm. long, with numerous 

 minute glands at the summit. 



Croton migrans, Casar., Nov. Stirp. Bras., Dec, 88. 



Caballero (518). January. = Balansa 1650. 



A shrub about 3 m. high, with dark lepidote stem, much branched. 

 Leaves scattered, numerous, dark green and glabrous above, silver}^ 

 white lepidote below from base to apex, the minute scales dark, 

 eiliate, with closely appressed, radiating silky white- hairs; petioles 

 3 or 4 mm. long; the blades linear, 2^-4 cm. long and 2-4 mm. 

 wide, keeled beneath, and with no appearance of lateral nerves. 

 Racemes 2-4 cm. long, mostly staminate above, with 2-4 pistillate 

 flowers below. Staminate flower 2 mm. high ; stamens 9. Pisti- 

 late flower a little larger; styles 5. Fruit globular, 3 or 4 mm. 

 long ; seeds black, shining, lenticular. 



Growing in swampy grounds. 



Croton rliamnifolius, H. B. K., Nov. Gen., ii, 75. 



Caballero (503). January. 



A shrub 3-7 m. high, with a tawny-haired stem. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, with tawny, stellate tomentum beneath, dark green and soon 

 glabrate above, the lateral nerves distinct, blades 3-6 cm. long and 

 1-2 or more cm. wide; petioles 3-5 mm. long. Flowers in terminal 

 racemes, 5-14 cm. long, the staminate above and pistillate below. 

 Stamens about 15. Fruit globose, about 5 mm. long, stellate- 

 tomentulose ; seeds smooth, fuscous, flattish on one side. The 

 whole inflorescence covered bv a hoarv, stellate tomentulum. 



