216 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



subtus pubescenti-tomentosis, cyma raraosissima laxa pa- 

 niculaeformi polycephala aphylla, capitulis pedicellatis 25- 

 fioris, involucri campanulati squamis glabris, externis 

 ovato-oblongis obtusis, intimis lineari-oblongis acutis, 

 achsenio oblongo 10-costato parce villoso, pappi serie ex- 

 terna paleacea brevi. 



Hab. In a moist wood near Conceicao, Province of Minas 

 Geraes. August, 1840. 

 Herba 6-8-pedalis. Folia membranacea, 6-12 poll, longa, 



3-6 lata. Corolla purpurea, lobis extus ad apicem villosis. 



Pappus albus, setis scabridis. 



Apparently near V. Serrata, Less. 



4 770. V. compacta; suffruticosa, ramosa, ramis valde striatis 

 rufo-pubescenti-tomentosis, foliis subsessilibus lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis utrinque acutis subintegerrimis margine revolutis, 

 supra scabridis nitidis subtus fulvo-tomentosis, cyma ramo- 

 sissima paniculeeformi compacta polycephala, capitulis sub- 

 sessilibus 10-floris, involucri squamis dorso subpilosis 

 oblongis acutis, achsenio 10-costato parce piloso, papP 1 

 serie externa vix paleacea brevi. 



Hab. Moist places on the Serra das Araras, on the western 

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

 Suffrutex 4-pedalis. Folia alterna, pennivenia, 2 poll- 



longa, 6-7 lin. lata. Involucrum campanulatum. Corolla 



glabra, purpurea. Pappus stramineus. 



Allied to V. denticulata, DC., from which it is distin- 

 guished by its less angular stem and branches, the tomentose 



under surface of the leaves, which are also smaller, and the 



much larger size of the capitula. 



4775. V. fagifolia; suffruticosa, ramosa, ramis teretibus 

 striatis fusco-tomentosis, foliis confertis sessilibus elliptic^ 

 basi rotundatis apice acutis mucronatis serratis supra gk- 

 briusculis subtus fusco-tomentosis pellucido-punctatis, cy- 

 mee polycephalee ramis subscorpioideis, ramis inferioribus 

 ex axillas foliorum ortis, superioribus aphyllis, capitulis 

 secus ramos sessilibus lateralibus 15-floris, involucri cam- 



