414 CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A 
- Has. Bushy, gravelly places near Villa de Natividade, Province 
of Goyaz. Feb. 1840. 
Suffrutex bipedalis, ramosissimus. Folia 8-104 lin. longa, 
2—3 lin. lata, subpuberula. Involucrum ovatum, squamis inte- 
rioribus 3 lin. longis. Ligule oblongz, obscure bidentate, 
glabre. Corollz disci tubulosæ, profunde 5-fidæ, glabre. Styli 
rami truncati. Acheenia 14 lin. longa. | 
3282. M. angustifolia ; suffruticosa ramosa, ramis teretibus striatis 
puberulis, foliis sessilibus longe linearibus obtusis uninerviis 
margine revolutis integris, capitulis pedicellatis solitariis, mvo- 
lucri squamis exterioribus ovatis obtusis parum foliaceis glabris, 
interioribus oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis glabris, paleis anguste 
lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, achszmniis glabris, pappi paleis 
12 circiter minutis rotundatis. 
Has. Bushy places near Villa de Natividade, Province of Goyaz. 
April, 1840. | 
Suffrutex 2-3-pedalis. Folia 13-2 poll. longa, lineam circiter 
lata, subtus punctata. Involucrum ovatum, squamis interi- 
oribus oblongis striatis, 3 lin. longis. Ligulz ovate, obscure 
2-dentate, glabræ. Corolle disci tubulosæ, 5-fidæ, glabree. Styli 
rami truncati, subcapitati. Achænia 14 lin. longa. 
This species is well distinguished by its long narrow leaves, 
narrow capitula, and very minute scales of the pappus. 
2903 et 4242. M. Candolleana; suffruticosa ramosa, ramis tere- 
tibus striatis scabris, foliis breve petiolatis oblongis vel ovato- 
oblongis obtusis basi cuneatis trinerviis margine revolutis 
serrato-dentatis utrinque scabridis subtus ad nervos pilosius- 
culis, capitulis subcorymbosis paucis longe pedicellatis, invo- 
lucri squamis exterioribus parvis ovatis obtusis ciliolatis scabri- 
usculis membranaceis, intimis oblongis obtusis glabris, paleis 
lanceolatis acuminatis subtridentatis, acheniis glabris, papp! 
paleis 12 circiter minutis subrotundatis. 
Has. In marshy Campos on the Serra da Batalha, district of the 
Rio Preto, Province of Pernambuco, Sept. 1839 (2903), and 
in similar situations near San Domingos, Province of Goyaz, 
May, 1540 (4242). 
