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involucri campanulati squamis glabriusculis imbricatis, exteriori- 
bus ovalibus obtusis membranaceis, interioribus linearibus longi- 
oribus apice ciliatis. 
Has. In dry Campos near Morro Velho, Province of Minas Geraés. 
Sept., 1840. 
Suffrutex 2-3-pedalis. Folia 14-2 poll. longa, 6 lin. lata. Pe- 
tioli 3 lin. longi, basi lanuginosi. Flores masculi tubulosi, profundé 
5-fidi, laciniis revolutis: antheræ exserte: stylus apice bifidus, 
abortivus. Pappus rufescens. 
Apparently near B. venusta, H.B.K., which those authors say 
is allied to B. trinervis, Pers. 
4900,1. B. /anuginosa; herbacea vel suffruticosa, caulibus erectis 
simplicibus striatis densé cinereo-lanuginosis, foliis alternis ses- 
silibus ovato-lanceolatis basi dilatatis truncatis apice long? attenu- 
atis acutis margine integris revolutis trinerviis supra villoso- 
tomentosis subtus cinereo-lanuginosis, paniculis termimalibus 
elongatis oblongis densis, capitulis feemineis pedicellatis, invo- 
lucri campanulati squamis lanceolatis acuminatis 1-nerviis extus 
villoso-tomentosis, achzeniis oblongis 5-costatis puberulis. 
Has. Dry bushy places between Villa do Principe and Cocaés, 
Province of Minas Geraés. Aug., 1840. 
Caules plures ex eadem radice, 3—5-pedales, erecti, dni foliosi. 
Folia 1 poll. longa, 4 lin. lata. Capitula foem. 6 lin. longa. Flores 
angusté tubulosi, apice 5-dentati. Stylus exsertus, bifidus, ramis 
acutis. Pappus albus, involucro multo longior. 
Very distinct from any described species, and certainly belonging 
to De Candolle’s first section. The plant has a remarkable appear- 
ance when growing, from its elongated dense panicles, and very 
long white pappus. 
Sect. Cuneifoliz. | 
—— B. truncata; fruticosa erecta ramosa glabra glutinosa, ramis 
angulato-striatis, foliis breviter petiolatis obovatis basi subcune- 
atis 3-nerviis apice truncatis obtusé 3-dentatis coriaceis inte- 
gerrimis utrinque dens? resinoso-punctatis, capitulis masc. ad — 
- apices ramulorum in axillis ultimis solitariis pedicellatis folio vix 
