400 CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A 
Herba perennis. Caules plures, 2-21-pedales. Folia opposita, 
2-3 poll. longa, 1-13 lin. lata. Involucrum 4 lin. longum. Capi- 
tulum flavum, ligulis 10 lin. longis. 
Readily distinguished from all the other species of the section 
by its elongated slender stems, and long narrow leaves. Two or 
three of the outer scales of the involucrum are somewhat smaller 
than the rest. 
4927 (bis). V. tenuifolia; caule smic erecto tereti striato 
adpresse piloso-pubescente, foliis alternis vel inferioribus sub- 
oppositis longe linearibus acuminatis 3-nerviis distanter minute 
dentatis utrinque adpresse pilosis, pedunculis terminalibus soli- 
tarüs folio longioribus, involucri squamis 2-seriatis utrinque 
lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis foliaceis hispidis disco longioribus, 
. achænïüs junioribus lineari-oblongis pilosiusculis 9—3-aristatis, 
squamellis intermediis lanceolatis laceratis basi connatis. . 
Has. Serra de Curral del Rey, Province of Minas Geraés. 
Sept. 1840. 
Herba perennis. Caules plures, sesquipedales. Folia 4-53 lin. 
longa, 14-2 lin. lata. Involucrum 6 lin. longum. Ligulæ ignotæ. 
My specimen of this species has rather imperfect florets, the 
capitulum having been attacked by insects ; but enough remains to 
enable me to decide on the genus, ənd to give the above distinc- 
_tive character. 
Secr. II. Lerena. 
Involucrum 2—3-seriale, squamis imbricatis in appendicem foliaeaan 
patulo-squarrosam productis. Achenia radii et disci pappo 
2—3-aristato aristellisque superata. 
3861 et 3864. V. attenuata; caule suffruticoso erecto ramoso 
tereti striato piloso-pubescente, foliis oppositis longe lanceo- ` 
latis acuminatis triplinerviis distanter minute serrato-dentatis 
supra adpresse piloso-scabris subtus puberulis secus nervos 
pilis adpressis scabris, pedicellis ad apices ramorum 1-2 hirsutis — 
folio brevioribus, involucri squamis 3-seriatis, exterioribus 
lanceolatis acuminatis foliaceis subpatulis hispidis disco brevi- : 
dias: intimis membranaceis, paleis longe acuminatis, ligulis sa 
