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I. humboldtiana, Bonpl. is a perfectly distinct species from 
paraguariensis, of which Reisseck makes it a variety, and is not at all 
difficult to recognise 
I. ovalifolia, Bonpl. i is very closely allied to 7. humboldtiana, and 
may perhaps be a form of that species, but the leaves are shorter, and 
broader in proportion to their length. 
The plant figured in the Botanical Magazine, t. 3992, as Ile. 
paraguayensis is clearly not an Ilex at all, but a member of the. order 
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Set out in tabular form the synonyny of the Paraguay Tea plants dis- - 
cussed by Miers appears to be as follows :— 
DU m St. Hil. in Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. vol. 9, 
461 (1893), Spach, Hist. Nat. Veg. Phan. vol. 2, p. 430, Atlas 
pl. 16; Minter in Mittheil. Naturwiss. Ver. Neu-Vorpomm. vol. 14, 
p. 181; and reprint, p. 
I. paraguensis, Don in intend, to Lambert Descript. of the genus 
nie sac 2 (1824); Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1842, vol. 1, p. 35, 
I. uae St. Hil. Hist. Plant. remarg. Brésil et Parag. Introduct. 
p. xli. (1824 
I. domestica, Reiss, var. glabra, Reiss. in FI. Bras. vol. 11. part 1, 
p. 67 (Feb. 1861). 
E pea var. dentata, Miers, and var. usitata, Miers in 
and Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. vol. $8, p. 392-393 (Nov. 1861); mier 
Contrib. Bot. vol. 2, p. 102-103, pl. 62. 
I. euritibensis, Miers, and var. Sardabriast, Miers-in Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. vol. 8, p. 393-4; and Contrib. Bot. vol. 2, 
p. 103-104, pl. 63. 
Paraguay : Moore 4 nd ! Bonpland ! R. Parana — 26° 
and 27° S. lat. Par South Brazil: Lobb No. 34! Sellow! 
eidel ! Organ Medos, Gardner No. 346! Glaziou No. 6123 ! 
Province of Minas Geraes, St. Hilaire, No. 785! Kew and Britis 
this piant, the leaves are the same, but the very short floweri axis is 
pubescent and bears more flowers, it is i duci ted as “ J. sorbilis 
Reiss ? " 
"The following I believe to be merely pubescent forms of the typical 
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South Brazil : Sellow ! Mor ong No. 636! Kew 
b. I. paraguayensis, Miers and var. idonea, Miers, in st and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. 3rd. er vol. 8, p. 891-392 ; and Contrib. Bot. vol. 2, 
p. 101-102, pl. 
L bonplandiana, Mint. in Mittheil. at Aa a Neu-Vi 
pomm, vol. 14, p: 183, t. 1, f. 1 and 3-8 ; nt, p. 81. 
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