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tereti hirto folioso, folis oppositis sessilibus lineari-lanceolatis 
utrinque attenuatis triplinerviis integris aut subdentatis utrinque 
sparse villosis, pedicellis terminalibus solitariis hirsuto-villosis 
folio longioribus, involucri squamis 2-seriatis, exterioribus 
lineari-oblongis obtusis vel acutiusculis foliaceis laxis integris 
subhirsutis disco longioribus, intimis linearibus acuminatis 
membranaceis glabris, ligulis lineari-oblongis bidentatis, achæ- 
niis oblongis compressis pilosiusculis pappo irregulari piloso- 
dentato coronatis. 
Has. Rare in dry open Campos at the foot of the Sierra de Pie- 
dade, Province of Minas Geraés. Sept., 1840. 
Herba perennis. Radix lignosa. Caules plures, vix pedales. 
Folia 2 poll. longa, 3-44 lin. lata. Involucrum 7 lin. longum. . 
Capitulum flavum, ligulis pollicem longis. 
This plant is a Viguiera in everything but the want of the 
elongated setæ ofthe pappus. ` 
Gyuxorsis, DC. 
4929. G. fruticosa; fruticosa erecta ramosa, ramis teretibus 
striatis adpresse piloso-hirtis ad apicem conferte foliatis, foliis 
vix petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis penniveniis margine 
integris revolutis supra sparse piloso-asperis subtus adpresse 
tomentosis, pedicellis terminalibus solitariis hirsutis folio bre- 
vioribus, involucri squamis 3-seriatis lineari-oblongis obtusis 
subæqualibus laxis, exterioribus subfoliaceis hirsutis, intimis 
glabriuseulis ciliatis coloratis, ligulis oblongis obtuse bidentatis, 
achænüs junioribus linearibus villosis pappo calyculato integro 
ciliato superatis. 
Has. Summit of the Serra de Piedade, Province of Minas Geraës. 
Sept., 1840. 
Frutex 3-pedalis. Folia opposita, 12-15 lin. longa, 44 lin. 
lata, supra viridia, subtus pallida, venis subtus prominulis. Capi- 
tula 6 lin. longa, lutea. 
. This plant seems to differ from the true species of Gymnopsis in 
its fruticose habit, pennivenous leaves, and entire, not dentate, 
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