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supra piloso-scabris subtus piloso-pubescentibus, pedunculis 
alaribus hirsutis folio plerumque longioribus, involucri squamis 
exterioribus oblique subrotundis abrupte acuminatis dorso 
villosis, interioribus achzenia involventibus tuberculatis, achæ- 
niis curvato-obpyramidatis apice truncatis et nudis dorso 
strictis. 
Has. Near Villa de Arroyas, Province of Goyaz. April, 1840. 
Geraës, Claussen. 
Herba annua, erecta, bipedalis. Folia 2}—3 poll. longa, 9-12 
lin. lata, triplinervia. Capitula 21 lin. longa. Flores radii 5, tubo 
brevissimo villoso, limbo profunde inæqualiter bilobo. Achænia - 
12 lin. longa. 
As a species this will range along with M. oblongifolium, DC., . 
and M. microcephalum, Less. 
WEDELIA, Jacq. 
3293. W. (Cyathophora) Goyazensis; caule herbaceo erecto tereti 
striato hirsuto, foliis petiolatis ovatis acutis vel subacuminatis 
basi in petiolum cuneato-attenuatis argute serratis triplinerviis 
utrinque adpresse piloso-hispidis, pedicellis alaribus terminali- 
busque villosis folio brevioribus, involucri squamis oblongo- 
lanceolatis foliaceis disco longioribus hispidis ligulis acute 
bidentatis, achzniis lineari-oblongis compressis pilosiuseulis 
calyculo denticulato ciliato superatis. 
Has. Bushy places near Villa de Natividade, Province of Goyaz- 
Jan., 1840. ; 
Herba basi suffruticosa, erecta, ramosa, 3-pedalis. Folia 
31-41 poll. longa, 14—24 poll. lata, supra viridia, subtus pallida. 
Involucrum 9-12 lin. longum. 
Judging from the description this species is near W. #richo- 
stephia, DC. ; RA 
3283. W. (Cyathophora) pallida; caule herbaceo tereti striato 
hirsuto-hispido ramoso, ramis hirsutis, foliis sessilibus ovato- 
oblongis acutis basi rotundatis serratis 5-nerviis supra scaber- 
rimis subtus piloso-pubescentibus, pedicellis alaribus terminali- 
busque villosis folio brevioribus, involucri squamis biseriatis, 
