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Hab. Common near San Romao, on the banks of the San 

 Francisco. July 1840. 



Suffrutex 8-10-pedalis. Folia submembranacea, penni- 

 nervia, reticulata, 3-4 poll, longa, 15-20 lin. lata. Petioli 

 I2 lin. longi. Corolla glabra, pallide purpurea. Pappus 

 stramineus. 



Closely allied to V. poly cephala, DC, differing chiefly in 



its angular branches, its more decidedly crenate leaves, less 



diffuse panicle, and greater number of florets. 



4/64. V. lanuginosa ; caule suffruticoso scandente ramoso, 



ramis teretibus striatis cinereo-lanuginoso-tomentosis, fo- 



his petiolatis late ovatis basi abrupte acuminatis apice 



acutis vel subacuminatis argute serrato-dentatis supra 



pubescentibus subtus cinereo-tomentosis, cymae ramis 



scorpioideis, capitulis secus ramos sessilibus lateralibus 



ebracteatis 30-35-floris, involucri campanulati squamis 



dorso tomentosis lineari-lanceolatis valde acuminatis 3- 



nervibus, corollee lobis pilosis, acheenio oblongo 10-costato 



parce piloso, receptaculo epaleaceo, pappi serie externa 



paleacea achsenii vix longitudine. 



Hab. Bushy places near Formigas, in the Sertao of the 



Province of Minas Geraes. July, 1840. 

 Suffrutex subscandens. Folia alterna, membranacea, penni- 

 venia, reticulata, 3-3 ± poll, longa, 1£ poll. lata. Petioli 

 6-lin. circiter longi. Corolla purpurea. Pappus argen- 

 teus. 



Allied to V. scorpioides, Pers., from which it differs in its 

 more acuminated and 3-nerved involucral scales, its glabrous 

 receptacle, and its shorter and more paleaceous external 

 pappus. 



4795. Y.stricta; suffruticosa, ramosa, ramis teretibus striatis 

 subtomentosis demum glabratis, foliis sessilibus lineari- 

 oblongis obtusis mucronatis integerrimis margine revolutis 

 supra minute scabris adpresse pilosis subtus dense piloso- 

 tomentosis, paniculae terminalis ramis lateralibus simpli- 

 cibus aut rariter bifidis parvis aphyllis oligocephalis, capi- 

 tulis sessilibus 18-20-floris, involucri campanulati squamis 



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