FLORA OF BRAZIL. 4.03 
imbricatis, paleis linearibus acuminatis, achæniis glabris, radii 
pappo coroniformi dentato superatis, disci 3 aristatis squamellis 
intermediis paucis minimis. 
Has. Dry upland Campos, Mission of Duro, Province of Goyaz. 
Oct. 1839. 
Herba perennis. Radix lignosa. Caules plures, sub-bipedales. 
Folia summa alterna, 2-24 poll. longa, 8-10 lin. lata.  Involu- 
crum 5 lin. longum. Capitulum flavum, ligulis oblongis acutis 
integris 9 lin. longis. 
The sete of the pappus of the ligulate florets are very small, 
and the intermediate squamelle are nearly obsolete. 
3290. V. nervosa; caule erecto simplici vel versus apicem ra- 
moso tereti striato hirto, foliis oppositis subsessilibus elongato- 
lanceolato-linearibus utrinque attenuatis triplinerviis integris 
utrinque piloso-scabris, pedicellis terminalibus solitariis vel 
ternis valde elongatis, involucri campanulati squamis oblongo- 
lanceolatis acuminatis scabris ciliolatis, paleis linearibus acu- . 
minatis, achzniis glabris pappo coroniformi subdentato supe- 
ratis, disci 2-aristatis, aristis elongatis, squamellis intermediis 
paucis laceratis. 
Has. Bushy places in upland Campos near Villa de Natividade, 
Province of Goyaz. Jan. 1840. 
Herba perennis. Radix lignosa, caules plures ex eadem radice, 
sesquipedales et ultra. Folia semper opposita, 3—5 poll. longa, 
41—6 lin. lata, rigida, scaberrima. Pedicelli 6-12 poll. longi. 
Involucrum 6 lin. longum. Capitulum flavum, ligulis lineari- 
oblongis obscure bidentatis, 9 lin. longis. 
'This species is distinguished from the last by its very long, 
narrow leaves, acuminated involucral scales, but principally by 
the ariste of the pappus of the disk, which are much longer in 
proportion to the length of the squamellæ than in the preceding. 
4233. V. robusta ; caule erecto ad apicem ramoso tereti striato 
villosiusculo, foliis alternis sessilibus oblongis acutiusculis tri- 
plinerviis margine revolutis serrato-dentatis supra scabris nitidis 
subtus piloso-pubescentibus, capitulis ad apices ramulorum 
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