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corymboso-umbellatis, umbellis compositis, capitulis pedi- 

 cellatis, bracteolis ad apicem pedicelli invol. subaequalis 

 lanceolatis acutis, involucri squamis oblongis acutis dorso 

 puberulis ciliatis, acheenio resinoso-glanduloso. 



Hab. Piassabisu, Province of Alagoas (n. 1344), and be- 

 tween Ico and Crato, Province of Ceara (n. 1725), Brazil. 

 Fl. April to Sept. 

 Folia 3-5 poll, longa, l-l£ poll. lata. Petioli l-l^ poll. 



longi. Involucrutn 1| lin. longum. Pappus pallide ru- 



fescens. 

 Allied to M. umbellifera, Gard. In No. 1344, the branches 



are less villous, the leaves thicker and not so coarsely den- 

 tate, and the flowers smaller than in the other number, but 



otherwise they are not distinct. 



4887. M. cordiformes (Cocaensis) ; suffruticosa scandens, 

 ratnis angulato-striatis subvillosis, foliis petiolatis ovatis 

 cordatis acuminatis subdentatis 3-nerviis supra glabrius- 

 culis subtus pubescentibus, corymbis ramulos terminanti- 

 bus trichotomis villosis, capitulis longe pedicellatis, brac- 

 teolis ad apicem pedicelli lanceolatis acuminatis invol. paulo 

 brevioribus, involucri squamis lineari-lanceolatis acumina- 

 tis dorso pubescentibus, acheenio glaberrimo. 



Hab. Near Cocaes, Province of Minas Geraes, Brazil. Fl. 

 in August. 

 Folia 3-poll. circiter longa, 15-18 lin. lata. Petioli subpol- 



licares. Involucrum 4j lin. longum. Pappus rufescens. 

 Near M. gonoclada, var. j3. ambrgua, DC. 



4884. M. {Cordiformes) salviafolia ; fruticosa volubilis, ramis 

 teretibus striatis junioribus villosis, foliis petiolatis ovatis 

 basi cordatis apice subattenuatis obtusis infra medium 

 crenato-dentatis triplinerviis supra puberulis subtus lanu- 

 ginoso-tomentosis, paniculis ramulos terminantibus parvis, 

 capitulis pedicellatis, bracteolis ad apicem pedicelli ovatis 

 acutis ciliatis dorso pubescentibus invol. duplo brevioribus, 

 involucri squamis obovato-oblongis obtusis ad apicem 

 ciliatis dorso pubescentibus, acheenio glabro. 



