Plants Collected in Paraguay. 277 



Asplenium Oibertianum, Hook., Sp. Fil., iii, 199. 



Asuncion (739). May. 



A handsome little plant. Fronds 10-15 cm. in length, bipinnate 

 below or the pinnae bipinnatified above, ending at the apex in a long 

 linear projection, which roots at the tip and throws up a new plant. 

 Deep damp woods near Asuncion. 



Asplenium lunula tuin^ Sw., Syn. Fil., 80. 

 Between Yilla Kica and Escoba (386). January. 



Dryopteris aculeata (L.), Kuntze, Rev. Gren. PL, 812. 



Between Yilla Rica and Escoba (573). January. = Balansa 323 a. 

 The form of the species referred by Mr. Baker (Mart. El. Bras., 

 i, pt. 2, 462) to Aspidium acultatum, var. phegopteroideum. 



Dryopteris Martinicensis (Spreng.), Kuntze, 1. c. 

 Aspidium macrophyllum, Sw., Syn. Fil., 43. 



Between Yilla Rica and Asuncion (385). January. 

 Dryopteris parasitica (L.), Kuntze, l. c, 811. 



Aspidium molle, Sw. in Schrad. Journ., ii, 34. 

 Luque (307). December. 



Dryopteris unita (L.), Kuntze, l. c. 

 Asuncion (250). December. 



Dryopteris Tillosa (L.), Kuntze, 1. c, 814. 

 Near Asuncion (783). May. 



Polypodium angustum, Mett., Polyp., 90. 

 Caballero (395). January. 



Polypodium incanum, Sw., Syn. Fil., 35. 



Between Yilla Rica and Escoba (533); Pilcomayo River (1088). 

 January-Eebruary. 



Polypodiuni latipes, Langsd. & Fisch., Icon. Fil., 10, 1. 10. 



Between Pirayu and Yaguaron (784); near Asuncion (828). 

 April. 



The fronds of this fern exhale a delicious aroma when drying, 

 something like that of Melilot. I was consulted by natives in 



