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gatis 8-floris cylindricis, involucri squamis laxe imbricatis 

 linearibus obtusis glaberrimis. 

 Hab. Elevated mountain tracts between the Diamond Dis- 

 trict and the Rio San Francisco. July 1840. 

 Frutex 6-8-pedalis, ramosus, ramis subverticillatis. Folia 

 3|-4i poll, longa, 6-9 lin. lata. Corolla ignota. Achaenium 

 obovato-oblongum, subcompressum, 10-costatum. Pappus 

 duplex, paleis externis 5 late squameeformibus apice obtusis 

 laceratis, intimis multo longioribus linearibus spiraliter 

 tortis. 



This very remarkable species approaches nearest to L. 



villosissima, Mart., but is well distinguished by its more woolly 



branches, longer, broader and less revolute leaves, glabrous 



mvolucral scales, more numerous florets, and much fewer 



and differently shaped scales of the outer pappus. The 



inhabitants of the district where it grows, collect the wool 



from the branches to make beds and pillows of. 



4832. L. affinis; fruticosa, ramis teretibus tessellato-tomen- 



tosis, foliis erecto-patentibus linearibus obtusis basi sub- 



attenuatis margine revolutis supra rugosis glabriusculis 



subtus tomentosis, capitulis oblongis 3-4-floris in glome- 



rulum globosum aggregatis, involucri squamis lineari- 



oblongis obtusissimis glabris, pappi serie externa brevis- 



sima. 



Hab. Serra de Cural del Rey, Province of Minas Geraes. 



Sept. 1840. 



Frutex 4-5-pedalis. Folia 2 poll, circiter longa, l-l£ !»>• 

 lata. Corolla ignota. Achaenium glaberrimum, multicosta- 

 tum. Pappus duplex, paleis externis squamaeformibus apice 

 laceratis, intimis quadruplo longioribus linearibus spiraliter 

 tortis. 



Near L. Pinaster, Mart., with which it quite agrees in 

 general aspect, but from which it is readily distinguished by 

 the external pappus which is four times, not a half, shorter 

 than the internal. 

 4828. L. reticulata; fruticosa, ramis teretibus cinereo- 



