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its leaves, which are not glandularly punctate, its blunt 

 bracteoles, and its obtuse ciliated involucral scales. 

 4880 et 5517- M. (Spiciformes) deflexa ; fruticosa glabra scan- 

 dens, rarais teretibus striatis fistulosis, foliis petiolatis 

 ovato-lanceolatis basi acutis apice obtuse acuminatis inte- 

 gerrimis glaberrimis penniveniis, spicis paniculato-ramosis, 

 ramis oppositis puberuiis, capitulis remotiusculis, bracteola 

 lineari-oblonga acuta deflexa in vol. triplo breviore, invo- 

 lucri squamis lineari-oblongis acutiusculis glabris ad api- 

 cem ciliolatis, achaenio glaberrimo. 

 Hab. Margins of woods near Conceicao, Province of Minas 

 Geraes (n. 4880), and woods near Rio de Janeiro 

 (n. 5517), Brazil. Fl. Aug. to Oct. 



Frutex scandens. Folia 3-3£ poll, longa, 9-12 lin. lata; 

 vena majora 4, utrinque prominula. Petioli 6' lin. longi. 

 Involucrum 1\ lin. longum. Pappus rufescens. 

 4881. M. {Spiciformes) puberula ; fruticosa puberula scandens, 

 ramis angulato-striatis fistulosis, foliis petiolatis ovato- 

 lanceolatis basi rotundatis apice acute acuminatis minute 

 calloso-denticulatis utrinque puberuiis subtus minute 

 resino-glandulosis triplinerviis, spicis paniculato-ramosis- 

 simis, capitulis inferioribus breviter pedicellatis, bracteola 

 lineari-oblonga obtusa pilosa invol. multo breviore, invo- 

 lucri squamis linearibus obtusis dorso puberuiis, achaenio 

 glaberrimo. 

 Hab. Margins of woods near Conceicao, Province of Minas 

 Geraes, Brazil. Fl. in August. 



Frutex scandens. Folia 3-3| poll, longa, 9-12 lin. lata, 

 membranacea, grosse reticulata. Petioli 5 lin. longi. Invo- 

 lucrum vix 3 lin. longum. Pappus rufescens. 

 4881. M. (Spiciformes) puberula; fruticosa puberula scan- 

 dens, ramis angulato-striatis fistulosis, foliis petiolatis 

 ovato-lanceolatis basi rotundatis apice acute acuminatis 

 calloso-denticulatis utrinque puberuiis subtus minute rcsi- 

 noso-glandulosis triplinerviis, spicis paniculato-ramosis- 

 simis, capitulis inferioribus breviter pedicellatis, bracteola 

 lineari-oblonga obtusa pilosa invol. multo breviore, invo- 



