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1-2 breviter pedicellatis, involucri hemispherici squamis ovalibus 
obtusis pilosis ciliatis imbricatis, receptaculo convexo, paleis 
obtusissimis, acheniis radii linearibus triangularibus pilosis 
pappo coroniformi dentato superatis, disci oblongis pilosis 
2-aristatis, squamellis intermediis laceratis subæqualibus. 
Has. Dry upland Campos near San Domingos, Province of 
Goyaz. May, 1840. 
Herba perennis. Caules plures ex eadem radice, 2-3-pedales. 
Folia 13-3 poll. longa, 8-10 lin. lata, subtus pallida, reticulata, 
venis prominulis. Involucrum 4 lin. longum. Capitulum flavum, 
ligulis obscure 3-dentatis, 6 lin. longis. 
Sect. IV. HangPALIUM. 
Involuerum 3-4-seriale, squamis laxe imbricatis subæqualibus 
lineari-lanceolatis. Achænia radii calva, disci pappo 2-3-aris- 
tato et squamellato superata. 
3288. V. grandiflora; caule erecto simplici striato hispido, foliis 
alternis sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis apice 
acutis aut subacuminatis ultra medium serrato-dentatis tripli- 
vel subquintupli-nerviis supra sparse adpresseque pilosiusculis 
subtus piloso-pubescentibus, pedicellis 1-3 terminalibus, invo- 
lucri squamis 3-seriatis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis extus 
pilosiusculis ciliatis, paleis membranaceis lanceolatis acuminatis, 
acheniis glabriusculis, radii linearibus abortivis calvis, disci 
oblongis compressis acute 4-angulatis 2-aristatis, squamellis in- 
termediis denticulatis. 
Leighia grandiflora, Gardn. Sert. Plant. t. 54-55. Walp. Repert. 
Bot. Syst. 6. p. 165. : 
Has. Dry hills near the Mission of Duro, Province of Goyaz. 
Oct. 1839. 
This plant was first published by me in the Sertum Plantarum, 
as a species of Leighia. The achænia of the ligulate florets, which 
are destitute of pappus, refer it to Harpaliwm, in which section I 
now place it with àn amended specific character. 
4234. V. bracteata; caule erecto apicem versus ramoso tereti 
striato glabriusculo, foliis alternis sessilibus elongato-linearibus 
