220 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



glabriusculis longe acuminatis pungentibus, receptaculo 

 nudo, achaenio dense sericeo-villoso, pappi serie externa 

 paleacea brevi. 



Hab. Near Formigas, in the Sertao of the province of Minas 

 Geraes. June, 1840. 

 Suffrutex 1-2-pedalis, ramis elongatis. Panicula stricta, 



ramis brevibus tomentosis. Folia 6-9-lin. longa, 2 circiter 



lata. Corolla violacea, glabra. Pappus rufescens. 



Allied to V. holosericea, Mart., and V. Schwenkiafolia, 



Mart. 



4791. V. clavata; caulibus e collo lignoso pluribus erectis 

 simplicibus striatis dense cano-lanuginosis, foliis petio- 

 latis lineari-oblongis coriaceis utrinque obtusis subinte- 

 gerrimis penniveniis supra glabriusculis nitidis subtus 

 dense fulvo-tomentosis, paniculae ramis axillaribus foho 

 paullo brevioribus subscorpioideis oligocephalis, capituhs 

 subsessilibus 20-floris, superioribus folio stipatis, involucn 

 squamis dorso tomentosis oblongis obtusis, achaenio dense 

 villoso, pappi serie interna ad apicem clavata, externa 

 paleacea acuta brevi. 



Hab. Elevated Campos in the Diamond District. August, 

 1840. 

 Herba 1-2-pedalis. Folia 3^-4 poll, longa, 6-lin. lata. 



Involucrum globoso-campanulatum. Corolla purpurea, lobis 



ad apicem subpilosis. Pappus sordide albescens. 



It is difficult to say to which of De Candolle's divisions 



of Lepidaploa this species should be referred. The mode 



of inflorescence somewhat resembles that of V. senescens, 



Mart., but it is probably more nearly related to V. coriacea, 



Less. 



4797. V. arcuata ; caulibus e collo lignoso pluribus suffru- 

 ticulosis teretibus striatis cano-tomentosis ad apicem 

 ramosis, ramis floriferis simplicibus, foliis longe linearibus 

 acuminatis pungentibus arcuatis margine revolutis uni- 

 nervibus supra glaberrimis subtus lanuginoso-tomentosis, 

 capitulis secus ramos sessilibus solitariis folio brevioribus 

 25-floris, supremis extra-axillaribus, involucri ovati squamis 



