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y. ex Sch. Bip. ad marginem prominulum undulatum vix perspicuum desinis. —Frutices. 
ramosissimi, ericoidei. Folia dense sparsa, parva, integerrima, margine revoluta. 
Capitulorum glomeruli ad apices ramorum sessiles. 
Species 2, Brasilienses, DC. 1. c. Sch. Bip. in Pollichia, 1863, 313. Baker in Mart. Fl. Bras. 
Comp. t, 397. Genus a Lychnophoro, quocum a Gardnerio jungitur, habitu characteribusque plerisque 
convenit, et vix differt pappi exterioris absentia. 
. 981. zyehnophora, Mart. i» JDenkschr. Bot. Ges. Regensb. ii. 148, t. 4 ad 10.— 
Capitula homogama, tubuliflora, pauci- v. 1-flora, plurima receptaculo communi crasso 
insidentia, in glomerulum globosum v. hemisphzricum aggregata. Involucrum ovoideum 
v. cylindraceum, bracteis co-seriatis imbricatis siccis, exterioribus gradatim brevioribus. 
Receptaculum (proprium) parvum, nudum, sspe foveolatum. — Corolle sequales, regulares, 
tubo tenui, limbo anguste 5-fido. Antherz basi sagittats, auriculis obtusis v. acuminatis 
nee caudatis. Styli rami subulati, hirtelli. Ach:senia 10-striata v. costata, angulis 2-3 
sspe prominentibus, apice truncata. Pappus biserialis paleis angustis, exterioribus 
brevibus persistentibus, interioribus paucis (12 v. infra) longioribus angustis subtortis 
basi sepe contractis caducissimis, —Frutices v. arbusculz, trunco ramisque ss»pius lanatis, 
ligno resinoso. Folia sparsa v. alterna, integerrima, in plerisque conferta, angusta, 
sessilia; margine revoluta, rarius plana, subtus tomentosa v. lanata. . Capitulorum 
glomeruli ad apices ramorum sessiles, capitulis exterioribus folio florali fultis ; hzec tamen 
folia subtendentia szepius parva sunt, nec involucrum distinctum formant. 
Species 17, omnes Brasilienses. DC. Prod. v. 79. Walp. Rep. vi. 99. Sch. Bip. im Pollichia, 
1863, 339. Baker in Mart. Fl. Bras. Comp. t. 39 ad 42. ' 
Pierocowa, Less. im Linnea,iv. 316. DC. Prod. v. 74 (quoad speciem Brasiliensem solam ab 
auetoribus visam), nec Coss., est Lychnophore species, 
- LxcunwocEPHALUs, Mart. im JDC. Prod. v. 83, Species unica, parum differt foliis petiolatis planis 
coneavisye nec margine revolutis; characteres tamen omnino Lyckmophorz, et Schultz Bip. speciem 
rite ad hoc genus revocavit. 
32. Xchnophoriopsis, Sch. Bip. in Pollichia, 1863, 375.—Capitula homogama? pluri- 
flora, plurima receptaculo communi crasso insidentia, in glomerulum subglobosum 
aggregata. Involucrum ovoideum, bracteis pauciseriatis imbricatis siccis dorso villoso- 
lanatis, exterioribus gradatim minoribus. Receptaculum (proprium) planum, nudum. 
Corolle zquales, regulares, tubo tenui, limbo anguste 5-fido. Antherz basi sagittatze, 
auriculis obtusis. Styli rami subulati, hirtelli  Achznia biformia: plurima glabra 
10-costata, pappo  biseriali, paleis persistentibus interioribus elongatis exterioribus 
brevibus ; centrale villosissimum turbinatum, pappo pariter biseriali persistente, interiore 
esetis longis numerosis, exteriore e paleis brevissimis composito.—Frutex Lychnophori 
habitu. Folia alterna, conferta, lineari-lanceolata, coriacea, margine revoluta, subtus 
tomentosa. Capitulorum glomerulus terminalis, sessilis, foliis summis quam caulina 
minoribus fultus. 
Species 1, Brasiliensis, Sch. Bip. l.c. Characteres carpologicos e notis Schultzii damus ; 
in specimine unico in Herb. Sch. Bip. nune E. Coss. servato a vermibus destructa sunt. 
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33. Eremanthus, Less. in Linnca, iv. 917. (Albertinise sect. DC. Prod. v. 82 pro parte.)— 
Capitula homogama, tubuliflora, 1-pluri-flora, plurima receptaculo communi parvo globoso 
v. rarius elongato insidentia, glomerulum globosum v. rarius oblongum involucratum 
nudumve formantia. Involucrum proprium ovoideum v. oblongum, bracteis oo-seriatis 
imbricatis siccis v. subeoloratis. Receptaculum (proprium) parvum, nudum.  Corolle 
equales, regulares, tubo tenui, limbo anguste D-fido. Anthers basi sagittats, auriculis 
obtusiusculis. Styli rami subulati, hirtelli. —Achsnia 1Ü-costata v. striata, angulis 
2-3 sspe prominentibus, apice truncata. Pappus persistens, paleis angustis setisve 2—cc- 
seriatis, interioribus elongatis, exterioribus brevioribus nune brevissimis.—Suffrutices, 
nune humiles subacaulesve, nune elati v. frutices subarborescentes. Folia alterna, 
petiolata v. subsessilia, integermima v. dentata, subtus v. utrinque incana v. lanata. 
