FLORA OF BRAZIL. 401 
oblongis acute bidentatis involucro vix duplo longioribus, 
achzeniis villosis 2—3-aristatis et pluri-squamellatis. 
Has. Bushy places near Villa de Arrayas, Province of Goyaz. 
April, 1840. 
Suffrutex ramosus, 4-5 pedalis. Folia 4-7 poll. longa, 
9-18 lin. lata: petioli 22 lin. longi. Involucrum 43 lin. longum. 
Capitulum flavum, ligulis 6 lin. longis. 
Apparently near Leighia buphthalmiflora, DC., from which it 
seems distinguished by its petiolate leaves, and involucrum shorter 
than the disk. 
3863. V. asperrima; caule suffruticoso erecto ramoso tereti 
striato hirsuto, foliis oppositis sessilibus lanceolatis acutis tripli- 
nerviis distanter serrato-dentatis supra adpresse piloso-scabris 
subtus piloso-pubescentibus, pedicellis 1-2 ad. apices ramulorum 
hirsutis folio longioribus, involucri squamis 3-seriatis exterio- 
ribus ovato-oblongis obtusis foliaceis hispidis apice squarrosis 
disco brevioribus, paleis oblongis acuminatis, ligulis oblongis 
obtuse bidentatis, achæniis pilosis 2—3-aristatis et pluri-squa- 
mellatis. 
Has. Margins of woods near Villa de pus us Province of 
Goyaz. March, 1840. 
Suffrutex 3-pedalis. Folia 3-3} poll. - 8-104 lin. lata. 
Involuerum 31 lin. longum. Capitulum flavum, ligulis 5 lin. 
longis. 
4241. V. floribunda; caule suffruticoso erecto ramoso tereti 
striato piloso-scabrido, foliis oppositis sessilibus lineari-lanceo- - : | 
latis acutis basi attenuatis penniveniis serrato-denticulatis — 
utrinque adpresse piloso-scabris, pedicellis ad apicem ramorum 
1-3 subcorymbosis, involucri squamis 3-seriatis disco brevi- 
oribus, exterioribus oblongis acutis scabridis apice foliaceis 
subpatulis, paleis oblongis membranaceis acuminatis, ligulis 
oblongis apice 2—3-dentatis, achzeniis oblongis compressis vil- 
losis 2-aristatis et pluri-squamellatis, aristis parvis. 
Has. Near Villa de Arrayas, Province of Goyaz. May, 1843. 
Suffrutex 4-pedalis. Folia 4-5 poll.-longa, 5-6 lin. lata. In-  — 
volucrum 44 lin. longum. Capitulum flavum, ligulis 7$ lin. —— 
. longis. 2 
