212 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



Sect. Lepidaploa, DC. 



5508.* V. platycephala ; fruticosa, ramis teretibus striatis pu- 

 bescenti-tomentosis, foliis petiolstis oblongis basi acutis 

 apice acuminatis supra puberulis de~num glabriusculis sub- 

 tus pubescenti-tomentosis integarrimis penninervibus, capi- 

 tulis 5-9 pedunculatis corymbosis ebracteatis multifloris, 

 involucri squamis floribus multo brevioribus tomentosis, 

 externis linearibus obtusis, internis lanceolatis acutis, co- 

 rolla glabra, achsenio parce villoso, pappi serie externa vix 

 paleacea, acuta, brevi. 



Hab. In low woods on tbe ascent of the Corcovado, near Rio 

 de Janeiro. Jan. 1841. 

 Frutex 6-8-pedalis, ramosus. Folia supra viridia, subtus 



pallida, 3-4-poll. longa, 12-15 lin. lata. Petioli6-9 lin. longi. 



Involucrum hemispheericum. Pappus rufescens. 



Judging from the description this species comes near V. 



asteriflora. Mart, but differs from it in having petiolate 



leaves, and very different involucral scales. 



4803. V. florida; fruticosa, erecta, ramosa, glabra, ramis 

 angulato-striatis, foliis vix petiolatis oblongis basi atte- 

 nuatis apice obtusis breviter apiculatis distanter gland uloso 

 dentatis utrinque glabris, ramis floridis axillaribus folio 

 paulo longioribus foliolosis 10-15-cephalis in paniculam 

 amplam dispositis, capitulis pedicillatis 6-10-floris, invo- 

 lucri squamis imbricatis glabriusculis, externis ovatis obtu- 

 sis ciliatis, internis lineari-oblongis obtusis, achaenio ob- 

 longo resinoso-glanduloso parce piloso, pappi serie externa 

 paleacea acuta brevissima. 



Hab. Campos near Cattas Altas, province of Minas Geraes. 

 Sept. 1840. 

 Frutex 3-6 pedalis. Folia supra nitida, subtus pallida, 



* I received two very different species under this number, one is the 

 V. platycephala, the other is the same as Martius' Herb. Fl. Bras. n. 540. 

 -(G. B.) 



