224 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



This species will range along with V. chalybaea, Mart., my 



numbers 1715, 1720, 2201, and 2641. 



4796. V. chrornolepis ; suffruticosa, erecta, ramosa, ramis tere- 

 tibus striatis apice subvilloso-tomentosis, foliis longe linea- 

 ribus obtusis integerrimis margine revolutis supra glabri- 

 usculis subtus cinereo-tomentosis, ramis floriferis scorpioi- 

 deis, capitulis extra-axillaribus solitariis subsessilibus 30- 

 floris, involucri campanulati squamis coloratis dorso to- 

 mentosis, externis ovato-ellipticis mucronatis, intimis 

 lineari-lanceolatis subacuminatis mucronatis, achsenio gla- 

 brato, pappi serie externa paleacea brevissima. 



Hab. On the banks of the Rio Urucuya, near San Romao. 

 Province of Minas Geraes. June 1840. 

 Suffrutex 2-4-pedalis. Folia 4-4§ poll, longa, 3-lin. lata. 



Corolla glabra, violacea. Pappus albescens. 



Near V. eremophila, Mart, but is well distinguished by its 



extra-axillary capitula. 



1718 et 4765. V. eriolepis; caule suffruticoso vix ramoso 

 erecto tereti striato fulvo-villoso-tomentoso, foliis breviter 

 petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis basi attenuatis apice longe 

 acuminatis argute serrulato-dentatis supra rugosis ad- 

 presse pilosis subtus villoso-tomentosis, cymis axillaribus 

 et terminalibus ramosis, ramis folio longioribus oligoce- 

 phalis, capitulis folio florali brevioribus sessilibus 20-floris, 

 involucri squamis laxe imbricatis dorso villoso-tomentosis 

 lineari-lanceolatis longe acuminatis, acumine villosissimo, 

 acheenio oblongo 10-costato sericeo-villoso, pappi sene 

 externa paleacea brevi. 



Hab. Serra de Araripe, Province of Ceara. October 1838. 

 (n. 1718). Near Papinhacauga, Province of Minas Geraes. 

 August 1840. (n. 4765). 

 Suffrutex 4-5-pedalis. Folia membranacea, rugosa, pen- 



nivenia, 5-8 poll, longa, \\-l\ poll. lata. Corolla alba, lobis 



extus ad apicem pilosiusculis. Pappus sordide albescens. 

 Apparently near V. longifolia, Pers. 



4767. V. albiflora; caule herbaceo erecto simpli«i tereti 

 striato villoso-tomentoso apice paniculato, foliis sessili" us 



