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Has. Elevated Campos between Meridanha and the Ciudade Dia- 
` manti. July, 1840. 
DzscR. Herba perennis. Radix usque ad collum lignosa. Caules 
plures ex eadem radice, erecti, sesquipedales, versus apicem ramosi, 
foliosi, cano-lanuginoso-tomentosi. Folia sessilia, alterna, adpressa, 
imbricata, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, integerrima, utrinque to- 
mentosa, ,S-itervia, 6-8 lin. longa, 13—2 lin. lata. Capitula 3-9, 
ad apices ramulorum congesta, 15-20 flora. Involucrum ob- 
longum, 5 lin. longum, squamis pluriserialibus, imbricatis, ovatis, 
obtusis, albis, membranaceis, glabris, striatis. 
The dicecious character and caudate anthers of this plant, 
refer it.at once to the subtribe Turchonanthee of the Asteroidea. 
It is peculiar in habit, and very distinct from any allied genus, 
Baccharis being that to which it has the greatest affinity. 
BLAINVILLEA, Cass. 
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6053. B. polycephala; foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi 
obtusis trinerviis obtusé serrato-dentatis suprà pubescenti-hir- - 
telis subtus piloso-tomentosis, ramulis dichotomis, petiolis — 
pedunculisque hirtellis, pedunculis alaribus petiolo multd longi- 
oribus, involucri squamis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis striatis, 
achzeniis pilosiusculis 2-3-aristatis, aristis barbatis. 
Has. In dry bushy places near the city of Maranham. May, 1841. — 
Herba annua, 3-4-pedalis. Folia 3-34 poll. longa, 12-15 de dA 
lata. Capitula 6 lin. longa. 1 
Near B. rhomboidea, Cass., from which it is dns by 
the shape of its leaves, the size of the capitula, and thes acumi 
nate, not obtuse, involucral scales. 
1740. B. racemosa ; foliis lanceolatis acutis basi beak Enr E 
integriuseulis rugosis utrinque piloso-pubescentibus, ramulis - 
dichotomis, petiolis pedunculisque hirtellis, pedunculis alaribus et : 
oppositifoliis in racemum foliosum dispositis petiolo lon ioril 
— involucri squamis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis striatis e sub- 
.. foliaceis, achæniis radii 3, disci 4-aristatis barbatis. - 
mcr Has. In nae m "m om near Villa do Icó, 1 Province 
