230 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



Hab. Sandy campos, near the city of Oeiras, Province of 



Piauhy. April 1839. 



Herba annua, 1-1| pedalis. Folia 3-4 ^ poll, longa, 4-7 lin- 

 lata. Corolla glabra, violacea. Achsenium turbinatum vil- 

 losum. Pappus duplex, persistens, lucens, albidus, paleis 

 externis circiter 10 oblongis obtusis serrulatis, intimis triplo 

 longioribus setis linearibus scabris. Receptaculum fimbrilli- 

 ferum. 



Allied to S. tomentosus, Mart. (Gardn. n. 1721), but easily 

 distinguished by its longer, broader and dentate leaves, 

 pedunculated capitula, and fewer florets. 



Monosis, DC. 



2897- M. (Eremosis) Brasiliensis ; ramis teretibus striatis 

 minute albo-lepidoto-tomentosis, foliis petiolatis oblongis 

 basi acutis apice obtusis integerrimis obscure penniveniis 

 supra glabris minute nigro-punctatis subtus lepidoto- 

 tomentosis, corymbo composite folioso, capitulis plurimis 

 distinctis pedicellatis vel geminis sessilibus, involucri 

 cylindracei squamis lineari-oblongis acutis. 



Hab. Woods in the district of the Rio Preto, Province of 

 Pernambuco. Sept. 1839. 

 Frutex 8-12-pedalis. Folia superiora 12-18 Hn- l° n S a > 



4-7 lin. lata, inferiora ignota. Corolla ignota. AchaBnium 



glabrum, subcostatum. Pappus 2-serialis, setis nee longi- 



tudine nee latitudine discrepantibus pilosis scabris- 



This is evidently a transition species between Monosis and 



Albertinia, as is shown by the frequent union at the base of 



two capitula. 



Lychnophora, Mart. DC. 

 Sect. 1. Eulychnophora, DC. 

 4823. L. Passerina; fruticosa, ramosa, ramis subverticillatis 

 teretibus adpresse sericeo-tomentosis demum glabriusculis, 



