468 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



vel glabriusculo ramoso, foliis oppositis sessilibus anguste 

 lanceolato-linearibus utrinque subattenuatis acutiusculis 

 integerrimis glaberrimis vel pubescentibus coriaceis nitidis 

 reticularis, panicula subcorymbosa puberula, capitulis pedi- 

 cellatis erectis 30-35-floris, involucri obovati squamis laxe 

 imbricatis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis striatis extus villo- 

 sis, exterioribus brevioribus, achsenio acute 5 costato piloso- 

 scabrido. 

 Hab. Serra da Batalha, district of the Rio Preto, Province of 

 Pernambuco (n. 2899), and in dry Campos near the Rio 

 Claro, Province of Minas Geraes (n. 4843), Brazil. Fl. in 

 June. 



Herba perennis, bipedalis. Folia 3-4-poll. longa, 3-4-lin. 

 lata. Involucrum 3^ lin. longum, squamis 4-serialibus, colo- 

 ratis. Receptaculum planum, nudum. Corolla? tubulosee, 

 ad faucem dilatatse, glabrae, violacese. Stylus basi bulbosis, 

 bulbis glabris. Pappus uniserialis, sequalis, setosus, scaber, 

 albidus. 



4844. B. tomentosa ; caule herbaceo erecto villoso-tomentoso 

 tereti ad apicem paniculato-ramoso, foliis oppositis sessili- 

 bus obtusis basi longe cuneatis integerrimis coriaceis utrin- 

 que dense villoso-tomentosis penniveniis, capitulis ad 

 apices ramulorum corymbosis in paniculam dispositis pedi- 

 cellatis, erectis 35-floris, involucri obovati squamis lineari- 

 bus acuminatis striatis extus piloso-pubescentibus, ex- 

 terioribus multo brevioribus, achsenio 5-costato scabrido. 

 Hab. Elevated Campos in the Diamond District, Brazil. 

 Fl. in July. 



Herba perennis, bipedalis. Folia 2-3-poll. longa, 7-8-lin. 

 lata, coriacea. Involucrum 3-lin. longum, squamis 3-seriatis. 

 Receptaculum planum, nudum. Corollse tubulosee, glabrae, 

 rosese. Stylus basi bulbosis, bulbis glabris. Pappus uniseria- 

 lis, eequalis, setosus, scaber, albidus. 



1734. B. microcephala ; caule herbaceo erecto tereti pubes- 

 cente ramoso, foliis oppositis sessilibus oblongis obtusis 

 basi cuneatis distanter dentatis utrinque pubescentibus 

 subcoriaceis penniveniis, panicula subcorymbosa, capitulis 



