278 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



Paraguay anxious to know if the plant could not be used in making 

 perfume. 



Polypodium lycopodioides, L., Sp. PI., 1542. 



Caballero (396). January. 



Climbing upon the trunks of trees for a distance of 3-5 m. in 

 damp woods. Found with nos. 511 and 574, which have a similar 

 habit. Dead prostrate trees are often completely covered with these 

 plants, which seem to derive abundant sustenance from the decay- 

 ing bark. 



Polypodium geminatum, Schrad. in Gott. G-el. Anz., 1824, p. 667. 



Ex descrip. 



Caballero (511). January. 



Polypodium Plumula, H. B. K., Nov. Gen., i, 8. 



Caballero (524); near Asuncion (726). January-May. 



Polypodium Tacciniifolium, Langsd. & Fisch., Icon. Fil., 8, t. 7. 

 Caballero (574). January. 



G-ymnogramme calomelanos (L.), Kaulf., Enum. Fil., 76. 

 Luque (308). December. 



Oymnogramme trifoliata (L.), Desv., Berl. Mag., v, 305. 



Near Luque (312). December. 



A golden fern, with trifoliate or binate leaves. The pinnae are 

 linear-lanceolate, 4-8 cm. long, on a short pedicellate rachis. I saw 

 this rarely in the streets of Asuncion, and it is abundant in dry or 

 wettish grounds. 



Gymnogramme tomentosa (Lam.), Desv., 1. c, 304. 

 Pilcomayo River (1087). February-March. 



Aneimia PbyllitidiS; Sw., Syn. FiL, 155. 



Between Villa Rica and Escoba (782). January. 



Aneimia tomentosa, Sw., 8yn. FiL, 157. 



Asuncion (234). December. 

 LygOdium venustum, Sw. in Schrad. Journ., 1801, 303. 



Between Yilla Rica and Escoba (483). January. 



