86 CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A 
Frutex 6-pedalis, Folia 3-5 poll. longa, 6-9 lin. lata, coriacea. 
Paniculæ 6—12-pollicares, ramosæ, ramis basi bracteatis sub- 
foliaceis. Capitula 2 lin. longa. Pappus rufus. 
Near B. ¢archonanthoides, DC., from which it is distinguished 
by its more coriaceous entire leaves, which are, besides, much 
more distinctly reticulated on the upper surface. 
4901. B. oleifolia ; fruticosa, ramis teretibus striatis junioribus 
hirsuto-tomentosis, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis 
obtusis vel acutiusculis basi attenuatis margine leviter revolutis 
integerrimis suprà glabris nitidis reticulatis subtus densé villoso- 
tomentosis, racemis axillaribus terminalibusque in panieulam 
foliosam dispositis, capitulis pedicellatis, involucri masc. cam- 
panulati squamis oblongis obtusis ciliatis, foem. ovati squamis 
oblongo-lanceolatis acutis ciliatis, achzeniis striatis glabris. 
Has. Bushy places in ravines, Diamond District. July, 1840. 
Frutex 6-pedalis. Folia 12-18 lin. longa, 3-5 lin. lata. Ra- 
cemi folio longiores, in feemineis magis conferti quam in masculis. 
Pedicelli hirsuti, basi bracteati, bracteis parvis, subfoliaceis. 
Pappus rufescens. 
Sect. Oblongifoliz. 
4900. B. recurvata ; fruticosa ramosa cano-villosa, ramis teretibus 
striatis, ramulis recurvatis, foliis sessilibus lineari-oblongis acutis 
versus apicem acutè 4—5-dentatis utrinque villosis penniveniis, 
capitulis masc. ad axillas superiores sessilibus et ided in race- 
mum foliosum digestis 18-20 floris, involucri squamis lisan 
oblongis obtusissimis ad apicem ciliatis. | 
Has. In marshy bushy places near Piranga, Province of Minas 
Geraés. October, 1840. 
Frutex 6-8-pedalis. Folia 12-15 lin. longa, 24-3 lin. lata. 
Involucrum vix 3 lin. longum. Pappus rufescens. 
Allied to P. dracunculifolia, DC., but characterized by its 
recurved branches, villous and more numerously dentate leaves, 
and obtuse involucral scales. The branches, having several - 
branchlets at their apices, are somewhat paniculate in appearance. _ 
4915. B. bupleuroides; fruticosa, ramis teretibus striatis apice — 
