472 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



tupli-nerviis membranaceis, capitulis ad apices ramulorum 

 paucis pedicellatis subcorymbosis in paniculam foliosam 

 dispositis 40-floris, involucri squamis laxe imbricatis lineari- 

 lanceolatis acutis striatis puberulis lacerato-ciliatis scario- 

 sis, exterioribus minoribus ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, 

 achaenio acute 5-angulato piloso-scabrido. 

 Hab. Woods near Cidade do Serro, Province of Minas 

 Geraes, Brazil. Fl. in August. 



Suffrutex, diffuse ramosus. Folia 4-8-poll. longa, li-2| 

 poll. lata. Petioli 1-2-poll. longi, cuneato-alati. Involucrum 

 5-lin. longum, squamis 3-seriatis. Receptaculum convexum, 

 nudum. Corollse tubulosse, glabrae. Stylus basi bulbosus, 

 bulbis pilosiusculis. Pappus uniserialis, eequalis, setosus, 

 scaber, albidus. 



This and the two preceding species agree with Bolbostylis 

 glabra, DC, in habit, but are otherwise very distinct. 



Eupatorium, Tourn. 



2900. Eu. (Subimbricata) bracteatum ; fruticosum ramosum 

 velutino-tomentosum, ramis teretibus striatis foliis oppo- 

 sitis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis obtusis basi in petioluin 

 cuneato-attenuatis coriaceis grosse serrato-dentatis penni- 

 veniis reticularis, corymbis terminalibus trichotomo-pani- 

 culatis, pedicellis ad apicem bracteatis, capitulis 5-6-floris, 

 luvolucri squamis 2- 3-seriatis laxe imbricatis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis striatis extus tomentosis, exterioribus 

 brevioribus, achaenio ubique piloso. 



Hab. District of the Rio Preto, Province of Pernambuco, 

 Brazil. Fl. in Sept. 

 Frutex G-pedalis. Folia 2-24-poll. longa, 8-15-lin. lata. 



Involucrum 4-lin. longum. Pappus stramineus. 



This species comes near E. dictyophyllum, DC, but that 



plant has alternate leaves, and narrower involucral scales. 



2G45. Eu. (Subimbricata) Piauhyense ; fruticosum glabrum? 

 ramis teretibus striatis, foliis oppositis petiolatis lanceo- 

 lalib utrinque acutis scrratis triplinerviis elegantcr reticu- 



