222 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



teretibus striatis, foliis subsessilibus ellipticis utrinque 

 obtusis subintegerrimis nitidis penniveniis, venis subtus 

 prominulis, capitulis secus raraos sessilibus remotis axil- 

 laribus folio multo brevioribus 40-floris, involucri hemis- 

 pheerici squamis imbricatis dorso subtomentosis, externis 

 ovatis obtusis ciliatis, intimis linearibus obtusis, achgenio 

 sericeo-villoso, pappi serie externa paleacea brevi. 



Hab. Serra da Batalha, in the district of the Rio Preto, 

 province of Pernambuco. Sept. 1839. 

 Frutex bipedalis. Folia 12-15 lin. longa, 7-8 lata, sub- 



coriacea, velutino-nitida. Corolla violacea, lobis extus ad 



apicem glandulosis. Pappus stramineus. 



Also allied to V. arenaria, though the obtuse involucral 



scales would place it in the previous division of the section 



Lepidaploa. 



4761. V. adamantium ; fruticosa ramosa, ramis teretibus 

 striatis fusco-tomentosis, foliis petiolatis ovato- ellipticis 

 basi subcordatis apice obtusis integerrimis supra adpresse 

 piloso-pubescentibus subtus fulvo-tomentosis penniveniis, 

 venis subtus prominulis, ramis floridis subscorpioideis, 

 capitulis ad axillas foliorum sessilibus solitariis geminisve 

 folio paullo brevioribus 20-floris, involucri squamis dorso 

 pubescentibus lineari-lanceolatis subacuminatis, achaenio 

 elliptico-oblongo obtuse 10-costato, inter costis adpresse 

 pilosis, pappi serie externa paleacea brevi. 



Hab. Rocky bushy places, Diamond District. July 1840. 

 Frutex 4- pedalis. Folia 2-2| poll, longa, 12-15 lin. lata. 



Petioli 2 lin. longi. Corolla ignota. Pappus stramineus. 



Allied to V. armaria, Mart, and to my V. Sarmentiana. 



1714. V. araripensis ; fruticosa ; ramosa, ramis teretibus stri- 

 atis apice tomentosis, foliis subsessilibus lineari-lanceolatis 

 utrinque subacutis subintegerrimis supra pubeseenti-sca- 

 bridis subtus cinereo-tomentosis, ramis floridis scorpioideis, 

 capitulis ad axillas foliorum solitariis vel geminis sessilibus 

 folio multo brevioribus 20-floris, involucri squamis dorso 

 villosis acuminatissimis, corolla extus pilosa, achtfn 10 

 parce piloso, pappi serie externa paleacea brevissima. 



