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dorso tomentosis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, acheenio 



adpresse sericeo-piloso, pappi serie externa paleacea acuta 



interiore duplo et ultra breviore. 

 Has. Serra das Araras, on the western confines of the 



Province of Minas Geraes. June, 1840. 



Suffrutex 1-2-pedalis. Folia alterna, 3-4 poll, longa, 

 hneam lata. Corolla pallide purpurea, glabra. Pappus strami- 

 neus. 



Judging from the description, this species approaches 

 V. extr axillaris, DC, but differs in its branched stem, 

 much longer leaves, constantly solitary capitula, and fewer 

 florets. 



21S9. V. Sarmentiana ; fruticosa, tota tomento brevi ciner- 

 ascenti-velutina, ramis teretibus striatis, foliis petiolatis 

 ovatis basi obtusissimis vel subcordatis apice obtusis sub- 

 uitegerrimis penniveniis, venis subtus prominulis, capitulis 

 secus ramos sessilibus axillaribus folio multo brevioribus 

 45-floris, involucri campanulati squamis dorso tomentosis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis pungentibus apice reflexis, 

 achaenio sericeo-villoso, pappi serie externa paleacea brevi. 

 Hab. On arid hills, near the city of Oeiras, Province of 

 Piauhy. April, 1839. 



Frutex 2-3-pedalis. Folia 3-5 poll, longa, 2-2 1 lata. 

 Corolla violacea, lobis glandulosis. Pappus stramineus. 



Allied to V. arenaria, Mart. (Gardn. n. 2200), from which 

 ^ distinguished by being more velvety, and having much 

 larger and ovate leaves, which are very obtuse at the base. 

 I dedicate it to Dr. Casimero Joze de Morafis Sarmento, a 

 native of Oeiras, and one of the very few well educated 

 inhabitants of the province, who took me to the locality 

 *'here it grows. I am besides deeply indebted to him for 

 the attentions of himself and family during a residence of 

 several months in the city of Oeiras, while the country round 

 *as in a state of revolution. 

 2893* V. nitens; fruticosa, tota velutino-tomentosa, ramis 



* No. 4186 from the Province of Goyaz is, in my set, the same spe- 

 aies.— G. B. 



