466 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



H ab. Dry hills near Morro Velho, Province of Minas Geraes, 

 Brazil. Fl. in Sept. 



Herba perennis. Caules plures ex eadem radice, lJr-2- 

 pedales, erecti, foliosi. Folia 15-18-lin. longa, 8-lin. lata, 

 reticulate- venosa. lnvolucrum vix 3-lin. longuoi. Recep- 

 taculum paleaceum, paleis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 

 2\ lin. longis. Corollse violacese. Acheenia acute 5-angulata, 

 ubique pilosiuscula. Pappus uniserialis, setis scabridis, 

 stramineis, corollam subeequantibus. 



This species differs from all the others in its alternate 

 leaves, compact corymb, and clustered few-flowered capi- 

 tula. 



4754. (3). Ch. decumbens ; caule herbaceo simplici tereti basi 

 sublignoso decumbente hirsute folioso ; cseteris subaphyllis 

 glabriusculis, foliis breviter petiolatis obovatis basi cuneatis 

 apice obtusis integerrimis glabriusculis triplinerviis, supe- 

 rioribus paucis subbracteiformibus, capitulis terminalibus 

 solitariis 45-floris, involucri campanulati squamis multise- 

 rialibus imbricatis oblongis obtusis striatis glabris. 

 Hab. Dry hills near Morro Velho, Province of Minas Geraes, 

 Brazil. Fl. in Sept. 



Herba perennis. Caules plures ex eadem radice semi- 

 pedales pedalesve, basi foliosae. Folia 6-9-lin. longa, 3-5-hn. 

 lata. lnvolucrum violaceum, 4^ lin. longum. Corollse vio- 

 lacese. Achsenia 5-angulata, ad angulos piloso-hispida. Pap- 

 pus uniserialis, setis scabridis, ad apicem violaceis, ceeteris 

 stramineis. 



This is well distinguished from all the other species 

 by its small size, simple stems, and solitary capitulse. 



CONOCLINIUM, DC. 



5512. C. affine', basi sufFruticosum, ramis teretibus striatis 

 cano-villosis, foliis oppositis et summis alternis longe 

 petiolatis triangulari-ovatis acutis basi truncatis cordatisve 

 crenatis utrinque piloso-pubescentibus membranaceis tn- 



