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latis, paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque potycephalis, 

 capitulis breviter pedicellatis 6-floris, involucri squamis 4- 

 seriatis laxe imbricatis oblongis obtusis 3-nerviis ciliatis, 

 exterioribus raulto brevioribus ovatis acutis, acheenio ad 

 angulos scabriusculo. 



Hab. Near Paranagoa, Province of Piauhy, Brazil. Fl. in 

 Sept. 

 Frutex ramosus, 6-pedalis. Folia 3-3i-poll. longa, 6-10^- 



lin. lata, reticulata- venosa, venis utrinque prominulis. Ca- 



pitula 3-lin. longa. Pappus albidus. 

 Allied to E. pyrifolium, DC, but well distinguished by its 



lanceolate triplinerved leaves. 



4865. Eu. (Subimbricata) velutinum ; arboreura, ramis tereti- 

 bus fulvo-tomentosis, foliis oppositis petiolatis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis basi acutis integerrimis supra pubes- 

 centibus subtus velutino-tomentosis penniveniis, corymbo 

 amplo conferto polycephalo subdichotome ramoso, capitulis 

 sessilibus oblongis 5-floris, involucri squamis 3-seriatis 

 laxe imbricatis oblongo-linearibus obtusis 3-nerviis ciliatis, 

 exterioribus brevioribus piloso-tomentosis. 



Hab. Woods near Cidade do Serro, Province of Minas 

 Geraes, Brazil. Fl. in August. 

 Arbuscula circiter 12-pedalis. Folia 6-poll. longa, 16-lin. 



lata. Involucrum 4^ lin. longum. Pappus sordidus. 

 This is very distinct from any described species. 



4852. (|). E u . (Subimbricata) compressum; suffruticosum 

 viscosum glaberrimum, caule tereti striato, foliis oppositis 

 vel interdum superioribus alternis longe petiolatis lanceo- 

 latis utrinque acuminatis nitidis serratis triplinerviis, nervis 

 utrinque prominulis, corymbo fastigiato composito, ramis 

 compressis angulato-striatis, pedicellis brevibus striatis 

 glabris, capitulis oblongis 5-floris, involucri squamis imbri- 

 catis oblongis obtusis striatis. 



Hab. Near Marianna, Province of Minas Geraes, Brazil. 

 Fl. in Oct. 

 Suffrutex, ramosus, 2-3-pedalis. Folia 4-5-poll. longa, 



9 - 11 -lin. lata, membranacea, subviscoso-nitida. Capitula 



