228 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



striatis tomentosis ad apicem usque foliosis, foliis sessili- 

 bus exacte ellipticis utrinque obtusis supra glaberrimis 

 subtus minute pubescenti-tomentosis penniveniis reticu- 

 latis, floralibus rainoribus basi subcordatis, capitulis sessi- 

 libus lateralibus et terminalibus solitariis vel rariter 

 geminis, inferioribus axillaribus, superioribus extra-axilla- 

 ribus, 50-floris, involucri subglobosi squamis pluriserialibus 

 adpressis glabriusculis, externis late ovatis obtusis, intimis 

 lineari-oblongis acutis 3-nervibus, achaenio profunde 10- 

 sulcato, sulcis parce pilosis, pappi serie externa paleacea 

 brevi. 

 Hab. Dry sandy woods near San Romao, on the banks of 

 the Rio San Francisco, Province of Minas Geraes. June 

 1840. 



Frutex 4-pedalis. Folia 3-4 poll, longa l£-2£ lata, floralia 

 multo minora. Corolla glabra, purpurea. Pappus argen- 

 teus. 



Apparently allied to V. rosea, Mart. My n. 4785, from 

 nearly the same locality, is a very remarkable long narrow 

 leaved variety. At first sight it appears a very distinct 

 species, as I considered it to be at the distribution of my 

 collections, but a more close examination convinces me that 

 it is only a variety of the present species. Some of the lower 

 leaves are nearly six inches long, and only six lines broad. 



Stilpnopappus, Mart. DC. 



2204. S. suffruticosus ; suffiruticosus, erectus, ramosus, ramis 

 villoso-tomentosis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque acutis 

 margine revolutis penniveniis supra villoso-scabriuscuhs 

 subtus tomentosis, pedunculis secus ramos distantibus 

 nudis folio longioribus 1-cephalis, capitulis 40-flons, 

 involucri floribus brevioris squamis 3-seriatis, externis fo- 

 liaceis linearibus subtus tomentosis, intimis lineari-oblon- 

 gis acutis dorso villoso-tomentosis. 



Hab. Sandy Campos near the city of Oeiras, the capital of 

 the Province of Piauhy. May 1839. 



