126 . 'FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
squamis ovato-lanceolatis, achenio calyculo minimo 
piloso. 
Has. Organ Mountains, in bushy places by the sides of 
streams. Fl. February. 
Folia 2-44 poll. longa, 6-10 lin. lata. Petioli 2-3 lin. longi. 
Achenia apice pilosa. 
Near W. subvelutina, DC., but differs in being fruticose 
and scandent, and in having much longer pedicels. My 
n. 5523, from the Serra d’Estrella, is the same species, a little 
more villoses. 
511. Bidens (Psilocarpzea), speciosa; caule fruticoso 
dente tereti, ramulis teretibus striatis glabris vel pubes- 
centi-tomentosis, foliis petiolatis pinnati-vel tri- 
ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis minute et acute serratis Su 
glabriusculis subtus plus minusve pubescentibus, segments 
lateralibus sessilibus basi valde inæqualibus medio ma 
petiolato basi acuto, capitulis pedicellatis paniculatis 
diatis, involucri squamis subæqualibus acutis, exteriori 
reflexo-squarrosis ciliatis, acheniis compressis ad angu 
laterales dense piloso-ciliatis biaristatis. 
Has. Woods, Organ mountains, at an elevation of £ 
3000 feet. FI. March and April. 
Near B. fereticaulis, DC. but well marked by its 
cidedly striated stem, and laterally ciliated achenia. 
B. rubifolia, H. B. et Kunth, it is distinguishable by its oui 
not tetragonous stem. My n. 510, also from the C 
Mountains, is a tomentose variety of this species. 1t 
besides, smaller leaves, and the ligules are much longer 4 
narrower. 
5791. Senecio cuneifolius ; suffruticosus, erectus, glaber, © 
simplici, foliis breve petiolatis subcarnosis oblongis obtu 
basi cuneatis supra medium serratis, corymbo termi! 
conferto 12-15-cephalo, pedicellis ex axilla bracteæ Ln 
lanceolate ortis, involucro campanulato circa 13-p^? 
calyculato, flosculis 25-30, ligulis 5, acheniis § 
glabris, pappo corollam disci subequante.. | 
