104 E. HASSLER (6) 



Paraguaria : In silvis Santo Tomas Sierra de Amambay flor. 

 et fruct. mens. Jul. Hassler H254 spec. cf' et 11254 a spec. 9 ; 

 in silvis pr. Sapucay flor. mens. Jul. Hassler 11835 spec. cT, 

 11835 a spec. 9; Misiones argentinas: Santa Ana, A. de Llamas 

 749. 



2. Rapanea ferruginea Mez in Urb. Symb. antilL II, 

 429 ; id. in Engler Pflanzenrekh f. 236, p. 381 = Myrsine flori- 

 bunda Griseb. Symb. p. 222 quoad Balansa n. 2377 1. c. 



Species quoad indumentum et folia valde polymorpha, sed 

 floribus pentanieris brevissime pedicellatis, a praecedente bene 

 distinguenda. 



Paraguay: Balansa 2377! 2377 a! in Herb. DC; — Hassler 

 1977? ex Mez Pl.Hassl. 11,197 specim. baud devolutum. Hassler 

 10320 spec. cf' 10449 spec. cf 10449 a spec. 9 10450 spec. 910450 

 a spec. cf 11745 a spec. 9- 



3. Rapanea umbellata Mez in Engler Pflanzenreich f. 

 236 p. 384. — Ad descriptionem Mezianam adde : folia etiam 

 supra punctis dissitis niedio iinraersis conspersa; pedicelli florum 

 9 in speciminibus paraguariensibus variant longitudine inter 3- 

 4,5 mm. (1-2 mm. ex Mez) ; folia supra scrobiculata vel plicato- 

 subrugosula, rarius laxe tenuiter reticulata. Species valde poly- 

 morpha an a sequente separanda? 



Paraguay: Arbor parva 4-8 m. vel frutex 2-4 m., flores glauci 

 vel cinerascenti-virides; ad marginessilvarum, in fruticetis et in 

 silvulis humidis. Hassler 94429, 9^^2 a cT, Caaguazu, 10466 cT, 

 10467 c/, 10466 a 9, 10461 9, Punta Porâ, 11263 c/, 11263 a 9, 

 Santo Tomas, Sierra de Amambay. 



Civis nova florae paraguariensis. 



4. Rapanea matensis Mez in Engl. Pflaiizenreich f. 236, 

 p. 391, e descript. 



Spécimen authenticum hujus speciei non vidimus. A praece- 

 dente specimina nostra difîerunt : foliis subtus punctulis brun- 

 neolis inspersis, antheris in flore cT late ellipticis, acuminulo 

 baud badio, sepalis altius connatis, lobis ovatis obtusiusculis in 



