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angulos laterales dense piloso-ciliatis bi-aristatis, aristis demum 
divaricatis glochidiatis. 
Has. Bushy places near San Bernardo, Province of Goyaz. 
May, 1840. 
Frutex scandens. Folia 4-5 poll. longa, 18-22 lin. lata: petioli 
pollicem longi. Involucrum 6 lin. longum. Achænia 6 lin. longa. 
Lirocaæra, DC. 
3847 et 4235. L. Goyazensis ; caule fraticuloso tereti scabro ; foliis 
longe petiolatis late ovatis acutis basi subcordatis in petiolum 
subcuneato-attenuatis vel ovato-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis 
triplinerviis serrato-dentatis supra scabriusculis subtus pubes- 
centi-tomentosis, pedicellis terminalibus hispidis ternis capitulo 
demum quadruplo longioribus, involucri squamis 2-seriatis, 
exterioribus oblongis obtusis foliaceis scabris disco subæquan- 
tibus, intimis lanceolatis acutis membranaceis, ligulis 10 ob- 
longis, paleis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, acheeniis radii tri- 
quetris subalatis 3-aristatis et pauci-squamellatis, xp 
apice inciso-pilosis. 
Has. Near Villa de Arrayas (3847), and near San Domingos 
(4235), Province of Goyaz. March-May, 1840. 
. Suffrutex ramosus. Folia opposita, 4—6 poll. longa, 2-2} poll. 
lata: petioli 12-15 lin. longi. Pedicelli 9-12 lin. longi. Capi- 
tulum flavum, floribus radii foemineis. 
In n. 4235 the leaves are much narrower than in the other 
number, but the plants are otherwise the same. 
Verpesina, Less. 
875. V. lancifolia; caule suffruticoso ramoso, ramis teretibus 
striatis pubescentibus, foliis alternis decurrentibus lanceolatis 
acuminatis basi longe cuneato-angustatis subdenticulatis supra 
scabriusculis subtus pubescenti-tomentosis, capitulis 10-14 
corymbosis, involueri squamis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis cilio- 
latis, ligulis 3 circiter ovalibus 3-dentatis, acheniis cuneato- 
linearibus vix alatis margine ciliolatis bi-aristatis. 
Has. Bushy places near the city of Bahia. Sept. 1838. 
