456 FLORA OF BRAZIL.. 



glabris pellueido-punctatis, capitulis paucis ad apicem ra- 

 mulorum corymbosis breviter pedicellatis 20-25-floris. 

 Hab. In moist open places in the Diamond District, Brazil. 

 Fl. in July. 



Herba 2-3 pedalis. Folia 2-2 \ poll, longa, 3-4 lin. lata. 

 Involucrum campanulatum ; squamis biseriatis, oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis, acutis, 3-nerviis, 1\ lin. longis. Receptaculum coni- 

 cum, paleaceum, paleis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, 1-nervns. 

 Corolke tubulosee, ad faucem ampliatse, extus glanduloso- 

 puberulae, lineam circiter longae, albse. Styli rami longe ex- 

 serti, cylindrici, obtusi. Achaenium oblongum, nigrum, acute 

 pentagonum, glabrum, epapposum. 



Near I. atriplicifolia, R. Br., but differs from it in the 

 shape of the leaves, and, according to the description by Lin- 

 naeus, in the " Amaenitates Academese," vol. iv. p. 329, in 

 the paleae being entirely glabrous, not villous at the apex. Au- 

 ricular stipules are said to exist at the base of the leaves in 

 I. atriplicifolia. In the present species there is a very small 

 pair of leaves nearly on the same plane and alternating with 

 the others, and of the same shape, which gives them the 

 appearance of stipules. Those in I. atriplicifolia are no doubt 

 of a similar nature, only differing in shape. 

 4839. Is. eupatorioides ; caule herbaceo erecto ramoso, ramis 

 teretibus pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis ovato-oblongis vel 

 oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acutis vel rariter obtnsiuscuhs 

 supra glabriusculis subtus pubescentibus grosse serrato- 

 dentatis, capitulis conferto-corymbosis circiter 40-floris. 

 Hab. In moist open places, near San Romao, Province of 

 Minas Geraes, Brazil. Fl. July. 



Herba 1-2-pedalis. Folia lO-\8-lin. longa, 4-5 lata, supra 

 viridia, subtus pallida. Petioli 2-lin. circiter longi. Involu- 

 crum campanulatum, squamis biseriatis, lineari-oblongis? 

 obtusis, 3-nerviis, extus villosis, apice barbatis, H lin. longis- 

 Receptaculum conicum, paleaceum, paleis paucis, parvis, 

 spathulatis, obtusis, glabris. Achaenium oblongum, 5-angu- 

 latum, nigrum, epapposum. 



