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subtus nigro-glanduloso-punctatis, pedunculis axillaribus 

 terminalibusque ad apices ramulorum congestis pluribrac- 

 teolatis 1-cephalis, capitulis 15-floris, involucri squamis 

 oblongis acutis glabris, achaeniis pilosis, pappo disci bise- 

 riali aristato serrato inaequali, radii 1-seriali setis 10 elon- 

 gatis ceeteris duplo brevioribus. 



Hab. Arid Campos near Villa do Ico, Province of Ceara. 

 Aug. 1838* 

 Herba annua, l-l£ pedalis. Folia \\J2 poll, longa, \\ lin. 



lata. Pedunculi graciles, subpollicares. Involucrum 3 lin. 



longum. 



2449. L. decumbens ; glaberrima, basi suffruticulosa, caulibus 

 adscendentibus trichotomo-ramosis, foliis sessilibus linea- 

 ribus apice acutis piliferis margine fere ad apicera longe 

 ciliatis pellucido-glandulosis, pedunculis elongatis brac- 

 teatis l-cephalis, capitulis 30-floris, involucri squamis 

 8 oblongis obtusis, achseniis pilosis, pappo disci biseriali 

 aristato serrato inaequali, radii 1-seriali setis 2 valde elon- 

 gatis cffiteris multo brevioribus. 



Hab. Arid Campos near Pobre, Province of Piauhy. July, 

 1839. 

 Herba vix semipedalis. Radix usque ad collum lignosa. 



Caules 3-4, decurabentes. Folia congesta, 1-2 poll, longa, 



1-li lin. lata. Pedunculi 2-2§ poll, longi. Involucrum 4 lin. 



longum. 



2648. L. congesta ; pusilla, glabra, caulibus congestis, foliis 

 sessilibus linearibus apice acutis piliferis margine revolutis 

 infra medium longe ciliatis subtus nigro-glanduloso-punc- 

 tatis, capitulis terminalibus sessilibus 14-floris, involucri 

 squamis oblongis acuminatis, achseniis pilosis, pappo disci 

 biseriali aristato serrato inaequali, radii 1-seriali setis 4 

 elongatis caeteris paulo brevioribus. 



Hab. Arid Campos near Parnagoa, Province of Piauhy. 

 Aug. 1839. 



• This appears to be the same as n. 583 (837) of Schornburgk's second 

 collection from Guiana, and is closely allied to Pedis elongata, Humb. et 

 Kunth.— (G. B.) 



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