218 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



Romao, to the west of the Rio San Francisco. June 



1840. 



Suffrutex 4-pedalis. Folia membranacea, supra viridia, 



subtus pallida, reticulata, 4-4§ poll, longa, 15-18 lin. lata. 



Corolla purpurea, lobis extus ad apicem pilosiusculis. Pap- 

 pus rufescens. 



Also allied to V. psittacorum, DC, differing in its much 



broader glabrous leaves, and more diffuse panicle. 



788. V. Corcovadensis ; suffruticosa, ramosa, ramis striatis 

 ad apicem angulatis pubescenti-tornentosis, foliis petiolatis 

 lanceolatis utrinque acutis minute serrato-denticulatis mem- 

 branaceis supra scabridis nitidis subtus cinereo-tomentosis, 

 cymae polycephalee ramis scorpioideis, ramis inferioribus 

 ex axillis foliorum ortis, superioribus nudis, capitulis ses- 

 silibus 25-floris, involucri squamis lineari-oblongis acutis 

 mucronatis dorso subpilosis longe ciliatis, achaenio oblongo 

 resinoso-glanduloso parce piloso, pappi serie externa se- 

 tosa brevi. 



Hab. In woods on the Corcovado, near Rio de Janeiro. 

 July 1837. 

 Suffrutex 4-6-pedalis. Folia 4-poll. longa, pollicem lata, 



pennivenia, reticulata. Petiola 3 lin. longi. Corolla glabra, 



purpurea. Pappus stramineus. 



This species very much resembles V. polycephala, DC, 



in habit, but in De Candolle's very artificial division of the 



section Lepidaploa, it ought to stand near V. psittacorum 



and V. hebeclada, from its having acute, not acuminated, 



in vomeral scales. 



1716. V.crenata; caule suffruticoso ramoso, ramis angulatis 

 pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis utrinque 

 obtusissimis crenatis supra scabris subtus fulvo-tomen- 

 tosis, cymae ramis plurimis ramosis in paniculam dispo- 

 sitis, capitulis secus ramos sessilibus lateralibus 30-floris, 

 involucri subcampanulati squamis ovato-lanceolatis acu- 

 tis glabriusculis, externis subciliatis, ach<enio oblongo 

 parce piloso, pappi serie externa paleacea acuta brevis- 

 sima. 



