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sessilibus ad apices ramulorum spicato-congestis oblongis, masc. 
6-floris, fem. 10-floris, involucri squamis oblongo-lanceolatis 
ciliatis, masc. acutis, foem. obtusis, acheeniis striatis glabris. 
Has. In dry Campos near Villa de Arrayas, Province of Goyaz 
(8839), and near Formigas, Province of Minas Geraés (4913). 
April and July, 1840. 
Frutex 3—4-pedalis. Folia 1-2 poll. longa, 1-3 lin, lata. Pappus 
sordidé albidus vel rufescens. 
This species ranges with B. pauciflosculosa, DC. In the 
Goyaz plant the leaves are longer and narrower than in the 
Minas one, and are occasionally dentate. The pappus of the 
former is besides longer and whiter in the female flowers than in 
the latter: in every other respect they are the same. — 
4251. B. subcapitata ; fruticosa glabra subviscosa ramosa, ramulis 
angulatis, foliis sessilibus oblongis obtusis basi cuneatis integer- 
rimis tenuiter triplinerviis utrinque minuté resinoso-punctatis, 
capitulis axillaribus sessilibus ad apices ramulorum subcapitato- 
congestis ovato-oblongis, foem. 14-floris, involucri squamis ob- 
longis obtusissimis ciliolatis, achzeniis striatis glabris. 
Has. Dry upland Campos between Arrayas and San Domingos, 
Provence of Goyaz. May, 1840. 
Frutex 2-3-pedalis. Folia 12-18 lin. longa, 3—6 lin. lata, vix 
venosa. Pappus pallidè rufescens. 
Allied to the last species, but very distinct. 
Sect. Discolores. 
4898. B. /yehnophora ; fruticosa ramosa, ramis teretibus peduncu- - 
lisque. cinereo-lanuginoso-tomentosis, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis 
obtusis basi in petiolum cuneato-attenuatis margine integerrimis 
tenuiter revolutis penniveniis supra glabris nitidis eleganter - 
reticulato-venosis subtus lanuginoso-tomentosis, panicula termi- 
nali ramosissima polycephala subaphylla, involucri masc. cam- 
panulati squamis pedicellisque ferragitsmtotiestont — : 
linearibus obtusis ciliatis. - : 
Has. Moist rocky places on the high mountains ET 
Teit: n 1840. ? Qu 
