FLORA OP BRAZIL. 47l 



cephala pubescenti-tomentosa, capitulis pedicellatis erectis 

 circiter 45-floris, involucri squamis laxe imbricatis lineari- 

 bus acuminatis striatis extus piloso-pubescentibus, achsenio 

 5-angulato piloso-scabrido. 



Hab. Serra de Curral D' El Rev, Province of Minas Geraes, 

 Brazil. Fl. in Sept. 

 Herba perennis, subbipedalis. Folia 2|-poll. longa, 6-9- 



lin. lata, reticulata. Involucrum 6 lin. longum, squamis 



3-seriatis, exterioribus brevioribus. Receptaculum subcon- 



vexum, nudum. Corollse tubulosse, glabra^ pallide purpurese. 



Stylus basi bulbosus, bulbis glabris. Pappus uniserialis, 



sequalis, setosus, scaber, sordidus. 

 A small and very distinct species. The two upper thirds 



of the stem have only one small pair of leaves about the 



middle. 



4849 et 4853. B. Cassiniana; caute herbaceo erecto tereti 

 glanduloso-pubescenti-tomentoso basi simplici, foliis oppo- 

 sitis petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis acutis vel acutiusculis basi 

 rotundatis in petiolum decurrentibus minute glanduloso- 

 serrato-dentatis utrinque pubescentibus membranaceis sub- 

 triplinerviis, panicula laxa subcorymbosa, capitulis longe 

 pedicellatis erectis circiter 25-floris, involucri squamis laxe 

 imbricatis lineari-lanceolatis acutis striatis pubescentibus, 

 exterioribus muito minoribus ovatis acuminatis, achsenio 

 5-angulato glanduloso-piloso scabrido. 



Hab. Serra da Mendanha, Diamond District, Brazil. Fl. in 

 July. 

 Herba perennis, 3-pedalis. Folia 3l-6-poll. longa, 12-24- 



lin. lata. Petioli cuneato-alati, 6-8-lin. longi. Involucrum 



6-lin. longum, squamis 3-4-seriatis. Receptaculum planum, 



nudum. Corollse tubulosse, glabrse. Stylus basi bulbosus, 



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



albidus. 



4845. B. ramosissima; suffruticosa ramosissima tota pubes- 

 cens, ramis teretibus, foliis oppositis longe petiolatis late 

 ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi in petiolum 

 cuneato-attenuatis grosse serrato-dentatis tripli- vel quia- 



