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Suffrutex ramosus, 3-pedalis. Folia 2 poll. longa, 7 lin. lata, 
supra viridia, subtus fulva. Capitula ovata, 3 lin. longa. Ligulæ 
disco paulo longiores, albæ. 
Near V. microptera, DC. 
4927. V. floribunda; caule suffruticoso, ramis angulato-striatis 
velutino-tomentosis, foliis alternis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis 
utrinque acuminatis margine tenuiter revolutis distanter denti- 
culatis penniveniis supra scabriusculis subtus fulvo-pubescen- 
tibus, capitulis plurimis pedicellatis corymboso-paniculatis, 
involucri squamis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis patulis, ligulis 
nullis, paleis lanceolatis acuminatis, achzeniis oblongo-cuneatis 
compressis late alatis, alis lacerato-ciliolatis biaristatis. 
Has. Near Villa do Principe, Province of Minas Geraés. Aug. 
1840. 
Suffrutex ramosus, 6-12-pedalis. Folia’ 10-12 poll. longa, 
2-8 poll. lata. Achzenia 2 lin. longa, 3 lin. lata, alis albidis. 
This, as a species, will range along with V. arborea, H. B. K. 
SPILANTHES, Jacq. 
4922. S. (Acmella) ecliptoides; caule basi repente adscendente 
hirsuto, foliis oppositis petiolatis lanceolatis acutis basi cuneato- 
attenuatis triplinerviis distanter serrato-dentatis utrinque sub- 
hirsutis, pedicellis terminalibus piloso-hispidis gracilibus, capi- 
tulis ovatis obtusis radiatis, involucri squamis lineari-lanceolatis 
acutis 3-nerviis piloso-hispidis, interioribus basi membranaceis 
complicatis, ligulis late oblongis 3-dentatis involucro paulo 
longioribus, achzeniis glabris calvis. 
Has. Near Perna de Paó, on the confines of the Province of 
Minas Geraés with that of Rio de Janeiro. Oct. 1840. 
Herba pedalis. Folia 14-2 poll. longa, 6-8 lin. lata. Pedi- 
celli 2 poll. longi. Involuerum 2 lin. longum. Flores lutei. 
Ligulæ basi glabræ.  Corollæ disci basi pilose. 
Near S. doronicoides, DC., with which it agrees in habit, but 
differs in having serrated acute leaves, and glabrous achænia des- 
titute of aristæ. 
2223. S. (Acmella) melampodioides ; caule basi repente adscen- 
