114 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
tereti striato ramoso pubescente, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis 
utrinque attenuatis minute denticulatis supra scabridis sub- 
tus pubescenti-tomentosis, paniculis terminalibus aphyllis 
pubescentibus, capitulis 10-12-floris, involucri squamis 
puberulis obtusis, achenio striato piloso, pappi ser. ext: 
brevi setosa. 
Has. Open marshy places on the Organ Monni at a 
elevation of about 3000 feet. FI. May. 
Suffrutex 4-6-pedalis. Folia alterna, 4 poll. longa, 15 lin 
lata. Corolla glabra, violacea. 
My number 477 from the same locality, is Vernonia deli 
culata, DC. In the general distribution, these two spe 
were mixed up with each other. 
476. Vernonia (Lepidaploa) densiflora ; arborea, ramulis sut 
lato-angulatis tomentosis, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis acu 
natis integerrimis basi acutis supra scabriusculis sub 
dense fulvo-tomentosis, panicula ramosissima pubes 
tomentosa ramis scorpioideis aphyllis, capitulis i 
bus sub-12-floris, involucri squamis tomentosis ob us 
achenio piloso, pappi ser. ext. paleacea brevi. 
Has. In woods in the Organ Mountains, at an elevati 
about 3000 feet. F1. May. 
Arbor 10-15-pedalis. Folia alterna, 5-7 poll. longa, 1-14 
lata. Corolla glabra. 
Near Vernonia polyanthos, Less. 
5771. Vernonia (Lepidaploa) rupestris ; caule fruticoso; 
elongatis teretibus subangulato-striatis tomentosis, 
sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis basi auriculatis ‘ 
lique amplexicaulibus minute crenulatis supra pl 
pubescentibus subtus tomentosis, panicula elongata st 
capitulis confertis pedicellatis 30-floris, involucri cam 
lati squamis pubescentibus acutis interioribus acumi 
achenio piloso, pappi ser. ext. brevi paleacea. 
Has. Open rocky places on the Organ Mountains, 
elevation of about 4500 feet. FL March. 
Frutex 6-10-pedalis. Folia alterna, 4-5 poll. longa, 1-14 
lata. Corolla glabra, violacea. Pappus violaceus. 
