254 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



Kyllingia obtlisata, Presl, Reliq. Haenck., i, 183. 

 Asuncion (95 a). November. 



£leocIiaris acicularis (L.), R. and S., Syst. Veg., ii, 154. 

 Asuncion (87). November. Named by C. B. Clarke. 



£leocliaris capitata (Wllld.), R., Br. Prod. Flor. Nov. HolL, 225. 

 Asuncion (87 a). November. 



£leocliaris geniculata (L.), R. and S., 1. c, 224. 



Pilcomayo River (862 and 1036). January-May. 



An elegant species, l-lj m. high, with many stout stems from the 

 same root, the sheaths at the base red, and the pure w^hite feathery 

 looking heads 2-4 cm. long. This forms a conspicuous object among 

 the grasses which choke the waters of the great laguna. 



Eleocliaris mutata (L.), R. and S., 1. c, 155. 



Luque (298) ; Villa Rica (499). December-January, 



Eleocliaris nodiilosa (Roth.), Schultes, Mant., ii, 87. 



Luque (298 b); Pilcomayo River (1084). December-January. 



Eleocliaris sulcata (Roth.), Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras., i, 98. 

 Asuncion (249). December. Named by C. B. Clarke. 



Dictiromena ciliata, Vahl, Enum., ii, 240. 



Between Yilla Rica and Escoba (474). January. 



Fim'bristylis capillaris (L.), A. Gray, Man. Ed. v, 567. 



Asuncion (94b and 130); Caballero (130b, 561, and 568). Novem- 

 ber-January. 



Fimlbristylis complanata (Retz.), Link, Hort., ii, 292. 



Asuncion (94); Luque (296). December. 



Stems 3-6 dm. high. Leaves and bracts sheathing, some of them 

 half as long as the stem, 3-5 mm. broad. Umbels 2 or 3 times 

 compound. Wet grounds. 



Fimliristylis dipliylla (Retz.), Vahl, 1. c, 289. 



Luque (299 a); Caballero (299b). December-January. 



