118 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
caule erecto sulcato glabro ad apicem corymboso-ramoso 
ramulis pubescenti-tomentosis, foliis oppositis petiolatis 
ovatis acutis vel subacuminatis basi obtusis trinerviis ser 
ratis utrinque glabris, corymbis axillaribus terminalibusque 
fastigiatis pubescenti-tomentosis, capitulis pedicellatis c 
citer 25-floris, involucri campanulati squamis biseriatis 
lanceolatis acuminatis ciliatis dorso puberulis, achenio an- 
gulato resinoso-punctato. 
Has. Open rocky places on the Organ Mountains, at an 
elevation of about 5000 feet. Fl. March. 
482. Mikania (Stipulate) punctata; suffruticosa scanden: 
ramis angulatis puberulis, petiolis ala foliacea repand 
undulata marginatis basi in auriculam semireniformem 
dilatatis, foliis ovatis acuminatis basi et apice inte 
cæterum dentatis penniveniis supra glabris subtus p 
rulis pellucido-punctatis, paniculis axillaribus termini 
busque puberulis, ramulis oppositis angulatis, capitulis 
sparsis subsessilibus, bracteola minima ovata, involut 
squamis oblongo-linearibus obtusis extus pube 
achenio glabro. 
Has. Woods, Organ Mountains, at an elevation of 
3500 feet. Fi. February. 
Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 2 circiter lata. 
Near M. pteropoda, DC. from which it differs chiefly 
the capitula not being crowded together, and having 
obtuse, not acute, involucral scales. 
484. Mikania (Ecordatæ) subcordata; fruticosa scan 
ramis teretibus striatis fulvo-tomentosis, foliis petio! 
ovatis subacuminatis basi plus minusve cordatis su 
tatis supra scabrido-strigoso-pilosis subtus dense 
lanuginosis, panicula terminali, capitulis confertis | : 
latis, bracteolis ovatis obtusis, involucri squamis lineari 
extus ad apicem pilosis, achenio pilosiusculo. i 
Has. Woods, Organ Mountains, at an elevation of ab 
3500 feet. Fl. February. ( 
Folia 4-5 poll longa, 2 circiter lata. Capitula | 
longa. p 
