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oblongis obtusis basi cuneato-attenuatis triplinerviis integerrimis 
hirsutis demum glabratis, scapo foliis multo longiore angulato 
glabro squamoso, involucri squamis linearibus acutis ciliatis 
l-nerviis, achzeniis pilosis. 
Has. Dry Campos near the foot of the Serra de Piedade, Pro- 
vince of Minas Geraés. Sept., 1840. 
Herba perennis. Folia radicalia 14-2 poll. longa, 3-44, lin. lata. 
Scapus subpedalis, sparsè squamosus, l-cephalus. Capitulum mul- 
tiflorum, radiatum. Involucrum sub-3-seriale. Receptaculum nu- 
dum, punctatum. Flores radii elongati, uniseriales, ligulati, fœ- 
minei, purpurei: tubo elongato, piloso : stylus cylindraceus, basi 
bulbosus, bifidus, ramis linearibus obtusis marginibus incrassatis. 
Flores disci tubulosi, hermaphroditi, glabri: antheræ flavæ, ecau- 
datæ : stylus cylindraceus, ramis angusté linearibus, extus puberulis. 
Achznium obovatum, compressum, marginatum, pilosum. Pappus 
pilosus, persistens, biserialis, setis. scabridis subinæqualibus, 
-ezeterum inter se similibus. 
This species of Aster does not seem very nearly related to 
any hitherto described, but evidently belongs to the section 
Alpigeni of Nees. 
4237. A. (Alpigeni) camporum; caule erecto simplici vel subramoso 
folioso villoso, ramis l-cephalis, foliis sessilibus oblongo-lineari- 
bus obtusis versus apicem minuté denticulatis villosis striatis 
reticulatis, involucri squamis 3-serialibus lineari-lanceolatis acutis — — 
l-nerviis pubescentibus margine scariosis ciliatis laxis disco sub- — 
æqualibus, ligulis linearibus disco duplo longioribus, achreniis d 
_ hispidis. | 
Has. Open Campos near Nossa Senhora d’ Abadia, Serra Geral, 2 
- Province of Goyaz. May, 1840. 1 
Herba perennis. Caules plures ex eadem radice, 4c 4 cllicamd. 
Folia 6-8 lin. longa, 14 lin. lata. Capitulum multiflorum, radiatum. — 
Receptaculum planum, nudum. Flores radii elongati uniseriales, - 
ligulati, feminei, albi: tubo subpiloso: stylus cylindraceus, basi 
bulbosus, bifidus, ramis obtusis. Flores disci tubulosi, hermaphro- z 
diti, 5-dentati, dentibus extus pilosiuseulis : anthere ecaudatæ : 
stylus cylindraceus, ramis linearibus, obtusis, penis Achænium 
