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15 lin. longa, 4-5 lin. lata. Corolla violacea, glabra. Pappus 

 rufescens. 



Although this is rather a common plant near the foot of 



the Serra da Caraca, and must have been found by Spix and 



Martius during their visit to that mountain, I do not find 



any description that will agree with it. It evidently belongs 



to the first section of the tribe Lepidaploa, and seems to 



come near V. vagans, DC. a native of India. 



4800 et 4801. Y.collina; suffruticosa, erecta, ramis striatis 



fulvo-tomentosis, foliis brevissime petiolatis coriaceis ellip- 



ticis vel ovato-ellipticis basi rotundatis vel cordatis apice 



mucronatis distanter minute glanduloso-dentatis supra gla- 



briusculis subtus fulvo-tomentosis, ramis floridis axillari- 



bus folio multo longioribus ramulosis foliolosis in paniculam 



amplam elongatam dispositis, capitulis ad apices ramu- 



lorum 3-6 breviter pedicellatis 12-floris, involueri squamis 



imbricatis subtomentosis, externis ovatis acutis, internis 



lineari-oblongis obtusis, achsenio 10-costato glanduloso- 



resinoso parce piloso, pappi serie externa paleacea bre- 



vissima. 



Hab. Open hilly places near Morro Velho, province of 



Minas Geraes. Sept. 1840. 



Suffrutex 3-pedalis. Folia supra minute scrobiculata, ob- 

 scure pennivenia, 9-10 lin. longa, 6-7 lin. lata. Corolla vio- 

 acea, glabra. Pappus stramineus. 



Although considerably different in general aspect, the 

 plant has considerable affinity with the preceding species. 

 In my own specimen of n. 4801, the branches are congested 

 at the top of the stem, evidently from some casuality which 

 has happened to the axis. The leaves in it are also more de- 

 cidedly cordate, and more woolly beneath than in n. 4800. 

 2894. V. Riedeliana; fruticosa, ramosa, ramis sulcatis rufo- 

 tomentosis, foliis subsessilibus ovato-ellipticis basi subcor- 

 datis obtusissimis integerrimis margine vix revolutis supra 

 glaberrimis nitidis subtus fulvo-tomentosis penniveniis re- 

 ticulatis, capitulis 1-3 axillaribus sessilibus vel ad apices 

 ramulorum 5-floris, involueri squamis 3-serialibus, externis 



