470 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



basi subcuneatis serrato-dentatis coriaceis supra minute 

 piloso-scabridis subtus velutino-tomentosis subtriplinerviis, 

 panicula laxa subcorymbosa tomentosa, capitulis pedicel- 

 latis erectis circiter 100-floris, involucri squamis laxe 

 imbricatis linearibus acuminatis striatis extus piloso-pubes- 

 centibus, exterioribus multo-brevioribus, achaenio 3-angu- 

 lato scabrido. 



Hab. Dry Campos near Formigas, in the Sertao of the 

 Province of Minas Geraes, Brazil. Fl. in July. 

 Herba perennis, l|-2-pedalis. Folia 3-3|-poll. longa, 9- 



18-lin. lata. Petioli 6-7i-lin. longi. Involucrum 4^-hn. 



longum, squamis 4-seriatis. Reeeptaculum planum, nudum. 



Corollee tubulosae, glabrae, pallide purpureae. Stylus basi 



bulbosus, bulbis glabris. Pappus 1-serialis, aequalis, setosus, 



scaber, stramineus. 



4842. B. scandens ; caule suffruticoso subscandente villosius- 

 culo tereti minute striato, foliis oppositis petiolatis ovato- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis basi rotundatis distanter serrato- 

 dentatis glabris triplinerviis reticulatis membranaceis, 

 panicula laxa tomentosa, ramis divaricatis, capitulis paucis 

 pedicellatis 60-floris, involucri squamis laxe imbricatis, 

 interioribus lineari-lanceolatis acutis striatis glabris, exte- 

 rioribus minoribus ovatis extus pubescentibus ciliatis, 

 achaenio 5-angulato scabriusculo. 



Hab. In woods near Cocaes, Province of Minas Geraes, 

 Brazil. Fl. in August. 

 Suffrutex, scandens. Folia 3|-4-poll. longa, 12-18-lin. 



lata. Petioli 6-lin. longi, marginati. Involucrum 5-\in. 



longum, squamis 3-seriatis, scariosis. ;Receptaculum planum, 



nudum. Corollee tubulosae, glabrae, pallide purpureae. Stylus 



basi bulbosus, bulbis glabris. Pappus uniserialis, aequalis, 



setosus, scaber, albidus. 



4842. (1). B. pumila; caule herbaceo erecto tereti striato 

 basi hirsuto folioso, foliis oppositis sessilibus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis vel lanceolatis obtusis basi cuneato-attenuatis 

 supra medium grosse serrato-dentatis utrinque hirsutius- 

 culis ciliatis membranaceis subtriplinerviis, panicula ohg " 



