4S0 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 



Hab. Elevated tracts, Serro do Frio, in the Diamond Dis- 

 trict, Brazil. Fl. in August. 

 Frutex 4-pedalis. Folia 15-18-lin. longa, 12-18-lin. lata, 



coriacea, pennivenia, venis utrinque prominulis. Involucrum 



l|-lin. longum. Pappus rufescens. 



Near the preceding species, but it is more woolly, and the 



leaves which are smaller, have shorter petioles, are more 



deeply cordate, and not reticulated. It has also shorter 



bracteoles, and the involucral scales are obovate, not 



oblong. 



4871. M. {Erecta) premnifolia ; fruticosa erecta villoso-tomen- 

 tosa, ramis teretibus striatis, foliis ternato-verticillatis 

 petiolatis late ovatis obtusis basi cordatis subtriplinervns 

 reticulatis venis utrinque prominulis mucronatis distanter 

 calloso-dentatis supra piloso-scabridis subtus villoso-tor 

 mentosis, paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque parvis m 

 paniculam dispositis, capitulis ad apices ramulorum con- 

 gests pedicellatis, bracteola lineari obtusa ciliata ad basin 

 pedicelli eo duplo breviore, involucri squamis oblongis 

 obtusis glabriusculis, achcenio glaberrimo. 



Hab. Near the Cidade Diamantina, Province of Minas 

 Geraes, Brazil. Fl. in August. 

 Frutex 4-pedalis. Folia 2-2^-poll. longa, 15-21-lin. lata. 



Involucrum l\ lin. longum. Pappus rufescens. 



4867. M. (Erectce) reticulata; fruticosa erecta subramosa 

 glaberrima, ramis teretibus striatis, foliis ternato-verticil- 

 latis vel rariter oppositis breviter petiolatis ovato-rotun- 

 datis obtusis basi cordatis imbricatis distanter subdenticu- 

 latis penniveniis reticulatis, venis utrinque prominulis, 

 paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque subcorymbosis in pani- 

 culam magnam dispositis, capitulis pedicellatis, bracteola 

 lineari-obtusa ad basin pedicelli vix eo eequali, involucri 

 squamis oblongis obtusis, achsenio glabro. 

 Hab. Elevated rocky tracts in the Diamond District, Brazil. 

 Fl. in July. 

 Frutex 4-5-pedalis. Folia 12-20-lin. longa, 10-18-Hn. M n ' 



