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This species is undoubtedly allied to the preceding one, 



though very distinct in many respects. 



4778. V. cuneifolia ; herbacea, erecta, caule simplici tereti 

 striato cano-tomentoso, foliis sessilibus coriaceis caneatis 

 apice obtusis serrato-dentatis supra subtooientosis demum 

 glabratis subtus dense cinereo-tomentosis, cymee terminalis 

 ramis parvis dichotomis, capitulis 9-10-floris, involucri 

 squamis glabriusculis lineari-oblon^is obtusis 1-nervibus, 

 achaenio parce piloso, pappi serie externa setosa brevi. 



Hab. In a marsh on the Serra das Araras, on the western 

 confines of the Province of Minas Geraes. June, 1840. 

 Herba erecta, bipedalis. Folia alterna, pennivenia, reti- 

 culata, 15-lin. Ion ga, 6-7 lin. lata. Involucrum cylindricum. 



Corolla glabra, pallide purpurea. Pappus a^genteus. 



This species belongs also to the Lepidaploa section, but is 



very distinct from any of the described species contained in 



it. 



5509. V. Estrellensis ; fruticosa, ramosa, ramis angulatis ci- 

 nereo-pubescenti-tomentosis, foliis petiolatis longe lanceo- 

 latis utrinque acuminatis minute serratis penniveniis utrin- 

 que adpresse puberulis, cymis axillaribus terminalibusque 

 in paniculam dispositis, capitulis secus ramos pedicellatis 

 lateralibus 10-floris, involucri squamis pubescentibus ci- 

 liatis, externis ovatis obtusis, internis lineari-oblongis 

 obtusis, achaenio piloso, pappi serie externa paleacea acuta 

 brevissima. 



Hab. Woods on the Serra da Estrella, Province of Rio de 

 Janeiro. Oct. 1840. 

 Frutex 10-15-pedalis. Folia supra viridia, subtus pallida, 



6 poll, longa, pollicem lata. Petioli 6-8 lin. longi, tomentosi. 



Corolla purpurea, glabra. Pappus argenteus. 



Allied to V. discolor, Less.., from which it differs in having 



serrated leaves, and obtuse involucral scales. 



4777- V.palustris-, herbacea, ramosa, ramis teretibus striatis 

 pubescentibus, foliis sessilibus late ovato-ellipticis basi at- 

 tenuatis semiamplexicaulibus apice acuminatis argute sub- 

 duplicato- serratis penniveniis supra adpresse puberulis 



