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This species is well distinguished from the other Brazilian 

 ones by the very small scales of the receptacle. 

 4838. Is. foliosa; tota villoso-subtomentosa, caule herbaceo 



suberecto ramoso, ramis teretibus striatis foliosis, foliis ses- 



silibus oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque obtusis supra medium 



serrato-dentatis triplinerviis, capitulis paucis ad apicem 



ramulorum corymbosis circiter 30-floris. 

 Hab. In inundated places on the banks of the Rio Urucuya, 



near San Romao, Province of Minas Geraes, Brazil. Fl. in 



June. 



Herba 1-1^-pedalis. Folia 10-lin. longa, 3-lin. lata. In- 

 volucrum campanulatum, squamis biseriatis, oblongis, obtu- 

 sis, 3-nerviis, extus dense villosis, \\ lin. longis. Recepta- 

 culum conicum, paleaceum, paleis lineari-spathulatis, obtusis, 

 1-nerviis, extus ad apicem villoso-barbatis. Corollae tubu- 

 losae, ad faucem dilatatee, glabra, l\ lin. longee. Styli rami 

 exserti, clavati. Achaenium oblongum, 5-angulatum, glabrum, 

 nigrum, eleganter reticulatum, epapposum. 



Stevia, Cavin. 



4839. (2). St. (Paleaceo-aristatce) resinosa ; caule herbaceo 

 erecto ramoso pubescenti-tomentoso, foliis oppositis oblon- 

 gis obtusis basi in petiolum attenuatis crenato-serratis 

 utrinque pubescenti-tomentosis resinoso-punctatis tripli- 

 nerviis nervis subtus prominulis, capitulis breviter pedicel- 

 latis ad apices ramulorum paucis, involucri squamis lineari- 

 lanceolatis acutis extus pilosotomentosis, pappo paleaceo 

 et subbiaristato. 

 Hab. Serra de Piedade, Province of Minas Geraes, Brazil. 

 Fl. in Sept. 



Herba pedalis et ultra. Folia 12-15-lin. longa, 4-6-lin. 

 l »ta. Pedicelli glandulosi. Involucrum cylindricuni, squa- 

 "ns 5, 3-lin. circiter longis. Flores rosei, extus versus basin 

 pilosi. Acheenia superne ad angulos pilosa. Aristee corolla 

 tr »plo breviores. 



