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lineari-lanceolatis basi subcordatis, apice attenuatis acumi- 

 natis apiculatis subintegerrimis supra adpresse pilosis sub- 

 tus sericeo-tomentosis, rarnis scorpioideis ssepe bifidis, 

 capitulis in dichotomiis ramorum et ad axillas foliorum 

 ramealium sessilibus solitariis geminisve folio floralibus 

 brevioribus vel subsequalibus, involucri turbinati squamis 

 lineari-lanceolatis longe acuminatis valde villosis, achaenio 

 sericeo-villoso, pappi serie externa paleacea brevi. 

 Hab. Between Formigas and the Diamond District. July 

 1840. 



Herba 4-5-pedalis. Folia 4-5 poll, longa, pollicem lata. 

 Corolla alba, lobis extus ad apicem pilosis. Pappus 

 argenteus. Allied to the preceding species, and to V. 

 Miersiana. (Gardn. n. 1717 and 2892.) My n. 4769, from 

 the Diamond District, is a less tomentose variety of the pre- 

 sent species. 



6044.* V. acutangula ; caule herbaceo erecto simplici acute 

 angulato glabro apice paniculato, foliis petiolatis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis subintegerrimis glabriusculis 

 subtus minute nigro-punctatis, ramis floriferis ramosis, 

 ramulis scorpioideis, capitulis in dichotomiis ramorum et 

 ad axillas foliorum ramealium solitariis subsessilibus folio 

 brevioribus 12-floris, involucri squamis laxe imbricatis 

 glabriusculis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, achaenio ob- 

 longo 10-costato parce piloso, pappi serie externa pale- 

 acea brevissima. 

 Hab. Marshy bushy places near the city of Maranham. 

 June 1841. 



Herba 3-4-pedalis. Folia 3-3^ poll, longa, pollicem lata, 

 membranacea, pennivenia. Corolla glabra, violacea. Pappus 

 argenteus. 



This species will range along with the preceding one with 

 which it agrees very much in habit. 



4786. Y.floccosa; fruticosa , ramosa, ramis angulatis cano- 

 tomentosis, foliis petiolatis coriaceis ovatis basi rotundaris 

 vix subcordatis apice obtusis integerrimis supra floccoso- 

 * In my set 6047. (G. B.) 



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