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Suffrutex erectus, ramosus, 2-pedalis. Folia 2^-3 poll, 

 longa, 4-5 lin. lata. Corolla glabra, violacea. Acheenium 

 turbinatum, 10-costatum, sulcis adpresse pilosis. Pappus 

 duplex, persistens, lucens, albidus, paleis externis 15 oblon- 

 gis acutis serrulatis, intimis triplo longioribus setis com- 

 planatis scabris. Receptaculum fimbrilliferum. 



Near S. trichospiroides, Mart. (Gardn. n. 2205,) from which 

 it is distinguished by its suffruticose habit, large leaves, and 

 more numerous florets. 



2203. S. procumbens ; caule herbaceo ramoso procumbente 

 subradicante villoso-tomentoso, foliis lineari-oblongis 

 utrinque, obtusis subintegerrimis penniveniis supra villoso- 

 subtomentosis minute scabridis subtus lanuginoso-tomen- 

 tosis, pedunculis secus ramos distantibus elongatis oppositi- 

 foliis 1-cephalis supra medium plerumque folium solitarium 

 gerentibus, capitulis 35-floris, involucri floribus brevioris 

 squamis 3-seriatis dorso tomentosis lanceolatis acuminatis, 

 externis foliaceis. 

 Hab. Near Lagoa Camprida, on the eastern confines of the 

 Province of Piauhy. Feb. 1839. 



Herba l-l|-pedalis. Folia \\-2 poll, longa, 3-5 lin. lata. 

 Corolla glabra, violacea. Acheenium turbinatum, 10-costa- 

 tum, sulcis adpresse pilosis. Pappus duplex, persistens, 

 lucens, albidus, paleis externis 12 obovato-oblongis apice 

 laceratis, intimis quadruplo longioribus setis complanatis 

 scabris. Receptaculum fimbrilliferum. 



Near the preceding species, and also S. trichospiroides, 

 from both of which it is distinguished by its procumbent 

 habit. 



2207. S. dentatus ; annuus, caule erecto ramoso, ramis sub- 

 dichotomis teretibus striatis villoso-tomentosis, foliis sessi- 

 libus lineari-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis apice apiculatis 

 inferioribus irregulariter dentatis supra glabriusculis subtus 

 albo-tomentosis, capitulis 30-floris secus ramos peduncu- 

 latis folio florali multo brevioribus, involucri squamis, 

 3-seriatis oblongis acuminatis villosis. 



