84 CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A 
Frutex 6-pedalis, ramosus. Folia 3-44 poll. longa, 6-10 lin. 
lata, grossé reticulato-venosa, venis utrinque prominulis. Pedun- 
culi subpollicares. Pappus sordidé rufescens. 
As a species this will range along with B. heterophylia, H.B.K. 
'The leaves of the specimens from Minas are larger and more 
coarsely toothed than those from Goyaz. 
4912. B. ramosissima; fruticosa glabra viscosa, ramis teretibus 
striatis, ramulis angulatis, foliis obovato-cuneatis in petiolum 
attenuatis obtusissimis dentibus obtusis utrinque 4 suprà glutine 
viscoso lucidis subtus minut? resinoso-punctatis triplinerviis, 
capitulis masc. axillaribus solitariis pedicellatis folio vix longiori- — 
bus ad apices ramulorum racemos foliaceos constantibus, invo- 
lueri ovato-oblongi squamis obtusiusculis. 
Has. Near Formigas, Province of Minas Geraés. July, 1840. 
Frutex 6-pedalis, ramosissimus. Folia vix petiolata, 1-3 poll. 
longa, 9-18 lin. lata, floralia multó minora. - Pappus rufescens. 
Allied to B. retusa, DC., principally distinguished by its tripli- 
nerved leaves. 
4910. B. intermizta; fruticosa ramosa glabra, ramis teretibus 
striatis, foliis obovato-lanceolatis acutis in petiolum cuneato- 
attenuatis supra medium grossé serrato-dentatis tri-vel sub- 
triplinerviis membranaceis, capitulis masc. axillaribus solitariis — 
pedicellatis folio vix longioribus ad apices ramulorum in racemos — E 
foliaceos congestis, involueri oblongi 7-flori squamis oblongo- 
lanceolatis acutis. 
Has. Bushy places near Cocaés, Province of Minas Geraés. Aug: 
1840. | 
Frutex 4-pedalis. Folia 21-3 poll. longa, 9-15 lin. lata, tenuiter — 
venoso-reticulata, venis subtus prominulis. Pappus sordidé albidus. 
Nearly akin to the preceding species, and differing from it by 
its less branched habit, and membranous acute leaves, which are 
besides neither viscous nor shining. + 
3839 et 4913. B. varians; fruticosa sabes sabvinetio ramosa, —— 
ramis striatis, foliis sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis vel lineari- - 
oblongis obtusis basi cuneato-attenuatis integris vel versus 
apicem subdenticulatis tenuiter triplinerviis, capitulis axillaribus. 
