FLORA OF BRAZIL. 209 



Contributions towards a Flora of Brazil, being the dis- 

 tinctive Characters of some new Species of Composite, 

 belonging to the tribe Vernoniace^e, by George Gard- 

 ner, Esq., F.L.S. Superintendent of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Ceylon. 



(Continued from p. 136 of Vol. IV.) 



Vernonia, Schreb. 



Sect. Hololepis, DC. 



4751. V. imbricata; fruticosa, ramis confertis teretibus to- 

 mentosis, ramulis ad capitula usque foliosis, foliis sessili- 

 bus 1-nervibus coriaceis confertis oblongo-linearibus inte- 

 gerrimis supra glabris subtus tomentosis, capitulis cylin- 

 draceis 10-floris, involucri squamis lineari-lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis uninervibus, acheenio multicostato scabrido, pappo 

 pluriseriali, paleis ingequalibus barbulatis. 



Hab. Bushy places on the Serro do Frio, near Milho Verde, 

 province of Minas Geraes. Aug. 1810. 

 Frutex bipedalis. Folia 3 lin. longa, lineam lata. Invo- 



hicrum cylindraceum, subtriseriale, squamis extus tomentosis, 



cuiatis, 3 lin. circiter longis. Corolla violacea, lobis extus 



pilosis. Pappus flavescens. 

 This elegant heath-like shrub is nearly allied to V. ericoides, 



(Gardn. Less. n. 4750); but is readily distinguished by its much 



shorter broader leaves, its shorter, less deeply sulcated, and 



scabrous acheenia, and its pappus of several unequal series. 



% n. 4752, is the V. Pseudo-myrtus of St. Hiiaire, also 



belonging to this section. 



4754. V. Burchelliana; fruticosa, ramosa, ramis teretibus 

 velutino-tomentosis, ramulis angulatis, foliis petiolatis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis basi angustatis apice obtusis integer- 

 ntnis coriaceis uninervibus subeveniis utrinque velutino- 

 tomentosis, capitulis ad apice ramorum 3-4 sessilibus con- 



