240 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



4-lin. longum. Corolla disci lobis extus subpubescenti- 

 bus. 

 2213. L. affinis ; caule erecto trichotomo-ramoso, ramis tere- 

 tibus striatis pubescentibus, foliis sessilibus anguste linea- 

 ribus acutis apiculatis margine subrevolutis infra medium 

 longe ciliatis supra pubescenti-scabridis subtus nigro- 

 glanduloso-punctatis, pedunculis terminalibus bracteatis 

 1-cephalis, capitulis 16-floris, involucri squamis 5 oblongis 

 acutis glabris, acheeniis pilosis, pappo disci biseriali anstato 

 serrato ineequali, radii 1-seriali setis 5 elongatis cseteris vix 

 duplo brevioribus. 

 Hab. Arid Campos near Retiro, Province of Piauhy. March 

 1839. 



Herba annua, l-l£-pedalis. Folia H-3 poll, longa, lineam 

 lata. Pedunculi graciles, \\ poll, longi. Involucrum 3 lin. 

 longum. 



Allied to the preceding species, but essentially distin- 

 guished by the very different pappus of the florets of the 

 ray, which affords the best character by which to recognize 

 the species, many of which resemble each other very much. 

 2214. L. ramosissima ; caule erecto trichotomo-ramosissimo, 

 ramis gracilibus teretibus puberulis, foliis anguste lineanbus 

 acutis apiculatis glabriusculis margine infra medium longe 

 ciliatis subtus nigro-glanduloso-punctatis, pedunculis ter- 

 minalibus elongatis subbibracteatis 1-cephalis, capitulis 

 20-floris, involucri squamis 5 oblongis obtusis glabris, 

 achaeniis parce pilosis, pappo disci biseriali aristato serrato 

 insequali, radii 1-seriali setis 9 elongatis ceeteris plerumque 

 vix duplo brevioribus. 

 Hab. Dry Campos at Canna Brava, near Oeiras, Province 

 of Piauhy. March 1839. 



Herba annua, l-l|-pedalis. Folia subrecurvata, 12-18 lm- 

 longa, lineam circiter lata. Pedunculi graciles, 2-poll. l 00 ? 1 ' 

 Involucrum 3-lin. longum. 



1745. L. polycephala ; caule erecto trichotomo-ramoso, ramis 

 teretibus puberulis, foliis linearibus acutis apicula tlS 

 margine infra medium ciliatis supra pubescenti-scabnai 



