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teretibus lanuginoso-tomentosis ad apicem usque foliosis, 

 foliis vix petiolatis oblongis basi obtusis apice subacutis 

 mucronatis versus apicem subdenticulatis membranaceis 

 penniveniis reticularis, venis utrinque prominulis, supra 

 subvillosis scabriusculis subtus hirsutis, capitulis paucis 

 campanulatis multifloris sessilibus lateralibus terminali- 

 busque, inferioribus foliis 2 inaequalibus stipatis, involucri 

 squamis pluriserialibus dorso piloso-tomentosis lineari- 

 lanceolatis longe acuminatis subsquarrosis, acheenio piloso, 

 pappi serie externa paleacea brevissima. 

 Hab. Hills near Morro Velho, Province of Minas Geraes. 

 September 1840. 



Frutex l|-2-pedalis, vix ramosus. Folia alterna, 2-poll. 

 longa, 9-10 lin. lata. Involucrum 9 lin. longum. Corolla 

 purpurea, lobis apice pilosiusculis. Pappus sordide albes- 

 cens. 



Apparently near V. rosea, Mart. 



4781. V. ararana; fruticosa, ramosa, ramis teretibus striatis 

 cano-tomentosis usque ad apicem foliosis, foliis sessilibus 

 oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis basi subcuneatis 

 apice acutis vel subacuminatis supra villosiusculis subtus 

 cinereo-tomentosis subintegerrimis membranaceis penni- 

 veniis reticulatis, capitulis ad axillas foliorum 1-3 sessilibus 

 folio multo brevioribus 15-floris, involucri squamis dorso 

 tomentosis, externis ovatis acutis, internis lineari- lanceo- 

 latis subacuminatis, achaenio 10-costato glaberrimo, pappi 

 serie externa paleacea brevissima. 



Hab. Serra das Araras, on the western confines of the Pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes. June ] 840. 

 Frutex 6-pedalis, ramosus, ramis elongatis. Folia 4|-5 



poll, longa, 12-18 lin. lata. Involucrum ovatum. Corolla 



pallide purpurea, lobis ad apicem subglandulosis. Pappus 



sordide albescens. 

 Allied to V. pycnostachya, DC. in habit, but otherwise 



very distinct. One of the capitula is generally a little above 



the others, and hence extra-axillary. 



4788. V. ammophila ; fruticosa, parce ramosa, ramis teretibus 



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