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exterioribus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis foliaceis piloso-hispidis 
disco brevioribus, interioribus minoribus, acheniis turgidis 
obpyramidatis rugoso-tuberculatis pilosiusculis calyculo sub- 
stipitato integro superatis. 
Has. Dry Campos near Natividade, Province of Goyaz. Dec., 
1539. 
Herba perennis 2-3-pedalis. Folia 24-3 poll. longa, 12-18 lin. 
lata. Involucrum 43 lin. longum. Ligule oblongæ, 3-dentatæ, 
pallide luteæ. 
This will range along with W. lanceolata, DC. The ligule are 
of a pale yellowish-white colour, and the achænia are sometimes 
obscurely three or four-sided. 
1349 et 1730. W. (Actinoptera) villosa ; caule suffruticoso ramoso 
tereti striato villoso, foliis petiolatis late ovatis acuminatis basi 
truncatis serrato-dentatis triplinerviis supra adpresse piloso- 
scabridis subtus  piloso-pubescentibus, petiolis villosissimis, 
pedicellis ad apices ramulorum 1-3 folio brevioribus vel inter- 
dum longioribus villosis, involucri squamis exterioribus oblongis 
acuminatis foliaceis disco paulo longioribus, intimis obovatis , 
aeutis ciliatis subbrevioribus, ligulis oblongis obscure 3-den- 
tatis acheniis disci exalatis, radiis subtriangularibus, angulis 
lateralibus alatis, pappo coroniformi dentato, dentibus acutis 
ciliatis, 
Has. Between Mexico and the city of Alagoas, Province of 
Alagoas, April, 1838 (1349) ; and common in dry bushy places 
about Crato, Province of Ceará, Nov., 1838 (1730). 
Suffrutex 4—6-pedalis. Folia 4—51 poll. longa, 24-3 poll. lata. 
Involuerum 6 lin. longum. 
In the Alagoas specimens the pedicells are longer than in that 
from Crato, otherwise they are not different. 
2219. W. (Actinoptera) Hookeriana ; caule suffruticoso tereti 
striato scabrido, foliis petiolatis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis acutis 
vel acuminatis basi in petiolum cuneato-attenuatis distanter 
subserrato-dentatis triplinerviis supra adpresse piloso-scabridis 
subtus piloso-pubescentibus, pedicellis e dichotomia et apice 
ramorum 1-3 villosiuseulis folio paulo brevioribus, involucri 
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