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brevioribus ovatis, involucri squamis exterioribus parvis ovatis 
obtusis, interioribus oblongis obtusis disci longitudine. 
Has. Open rocky places in the Diamond District. Aug., 1840. 
Frutex 2-pedalis, ramosissimus. Folia 5-6 lin. longa, 31—4 lin. 
lata. Flores masculi tubulosi, 5-fidi: antheræ vix exsertæ : stylus 
clavatus, læviter bifidus, abortivus. Pappus albidus. 
Allied to B. reticularis, DC. I regret that the number of this 
plant has been lost, 
4908. B. elliptica; fruticosa erecta ramosa glabra glutinosa, foliis . 
brevissimé petiolatis ellipticis utrinque obtusis triplinerviis ultra 
medium dentatis utrinque venosis suprà nitidis, capitulis foemi- 
neis axillaribus solitariis ad apices ramulorum subcorymbosis 
longé pedicellatis, pedicellis angulatis folio duplo fere longioribus, 
capitulis magnis ovato-globosis, involucri squamis pluriserialibus 
imbricatis oblongis obtusis concavis striatis, acheeniis oblongis 
10-costatis breviter rostratis glabris. = 
Has. Upland Campos, Diamond District. July, 1840. 
^ Frutex 4-pedalis. Folia 15-18 lin. longa, 9-10 lin. lata. Ca- 
pitula 5 lin. longa. Flores feminei angustè tubulosi, apice 5- 
dentati, Stylus exsertus, bifidus. Pappus albus, valdé deciduus, 
cor, æqualis. 
Related to B. Vauthieri, DC., and its allies, but well distin- 
guished from them all by its long pedicels, large capitula, rostrate 
achænium, and deciduous pappus. The leaves are scarcely, if at — 
all, cuneate at the base: its affinities otherwise are wholly with 
the cuneate division. ; 
3838 et 4906. B. rivularis; fruticosa ramosa, ramulis ied ad 
apicem cinereo-furfuraceo-tomentosis, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis 
acutis basi longè cuneato-attenuatis triplinerviis grosse remotis- 
que serrato-dentatis furfuraceis demum  glabratis, pedunculis 
axillaribus racemosis 6—10-cephalis, capitulis brevi-pedicellatis, — 
involucri campanulati squamis margine scariosis ciliolatisque — 
exterioribus ovatis acutis, interioribus linearibus vix acutis, —— 
achæniis teretibus striatis glabris. — E 
Has. Mazim af-atrenna in mood anil de iom, Province | 
of Goyaz (3838), and near San Romao, plata denm 
Geraés A ic) ers and a 1840. 
