222 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



Julocroton Gardlieri, MuelL, Arg. in Mart. Fl. Bras., xi, pt. 2, 27G. 



Asuncion (349); Pilcomayo Riv^er (lOlV). December-April. 

 = Gardner 2724, and Balansa 1646. 



Shrubby, ^-1 m. high, glabrous below and stellately pubescent 

 above and on the branches. Leaves crowded at the summit of the 

 stem and branches, alternate, subopposite or sometimes in 3s, 

 obovate, entire, palmately 3-5 nerved, minutely pubescent on both 

 sides with stellate scales, pellucid-punctate, the largest blades col- 

 lected 8 cm. long and 5 cm. wide ; petioles 1-3 cm. long. Stipules 

 setaceous, hairy. Flowers in dense terminal clusters, sessile, or 

 the staminate on a short spike and nearly hidden by the crowded 

 floral leaves. The stem and leaves have a grayish tint. 



Julocroton Brittonianiiin, Morong, n. sp. 



A slirub 5-10 dm. high. Stem branched, pubescent below, stellately tomen- 

 tose above and on the branches. Foliage light colored, with a yellowish tinge. 

 Leaves alternate or occasionally subopposite, ovate, acute at the apex, obtuse 

 at the base, 3-5-nerved, serrate towards the apex, pubescent above and stell- 

 ately tomentose beneath, 3-5 cm. long, 1-3 cm. broad; petioles stellately 

 tomentose, 1-2^ cm. long ; stipules setaceous, hairy, caducous. Inflorescence 

 densely tomentose, many of the hairs long and stellately tipped. Flowers in- 

 conspicuous, in loose terminal clusters, monoecious. Staminate flowers about 

 3 cm. high; calyx deeply divided, with 5 ovate lobes, on pedicels 2-3 mm. 

 long; stamens 10, much exserted, densely pilose on the filaments, the alter- 

 nate filaments with a small strap-shaped petal or petaloid appendage attached 

 to them on the outside near the base. Pistillate flowers larger, sessile, the 

 segments of the perianth long, lanceolate ; styles long, 3-divided, each division 

 split into 3 hairy stigmas ; ovary large, 3-carpelled ; seeds brownish-black 

 when mature, rough, about 3 mm. long, convex on the back, obtusely angled 

 on the face, marked by a large white caruncle at the hilum. 



Differs from J. Gardneri in being more widely branched, with 

 lighter colored foliage, smaller and serrate leaves, and otherwise, 

 and from J. pycnophyllus in having the flowers in loose clusters 

 instead of dense heads, smaller leaves, as well as in other respects. 



Obraje de Pedro Gill, Pilcomayo River (864). January. 



Julocroton pycnopliyllus, Muell. Arg. in D.C., Prod., xv, pt. 2, 700'. 



Between Yilla Rica and Escoba (593). January. ^ Balansa 1665. 



A tall, branching, shrubby plant. Stem and bi'anches compressed- 

 angled, clothed with long ferruginous hairs which are stellate at the 

 top. Leaves elliptical, undulate, palmately 5-nerved, densely clothed 

 with ferruginous stellate pubescence on both sides, on petioles 5-10 



