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imbricate lineari-lanceolatee acuminate membranacee albi- 
dz glabre. Receptaculum angustum nudum. Corolle 
tubulose regulariter 5-fidee. -Anthere vix exserte basi bi- 
setose, appendicula brevi-lanceolata. Styli rami exserti 
divaricati truncati hispidi. Achenium oblongum villosum. 
Pappus uniserialis setaceus scaber.—Frutex Brasiliensis 
Haplostephii aut Lychnophori facie. Rami teretes, dicho- 
tomi, dense lanuginoso-tomentosi. Folia conferta, sessilia, 
deflexa, margine revoluta, supra glabra, subtus cano-tomen- 
tosa. Glomeruli ramos terminantes. Corolle lilacine. 
1. Leucopholis phylicoides, Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 5772. 
Hasr. In sphagnosis versus summitatem montis, Serra 
dos Orgáos, Provincie Rio, de Janeiro, Brasilie. Aprili 
florebat. 
Frutex bipedalis. „Rami teretes, dichotomi, dense foliosi et 
lanuginoso-tomentosi. Folia confertissima, alterna, sessilia, 
oblonga, obtusa, 3-4 lin. longa, 13 lin. circiter lata, deflexa, 
margine revoluta, supra glabra, subtus cano-tomentosa. Ca- 
pitula subdecemflora, homogama, ad apicem ramorumin glo- 
merulum subglobosum aggregata, subsessilia. Znvolucrum 
laxe imbricatum, squamis pluriserialibus, subeequalibus, lin- 
eari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, membranaceis, glabris, albidis. 
Receptaculum angustum, nudum. Corolla lilacina, glabra, 
tubulosa, 14 lin. longa, regulariter quinquefida, lobis brevibus 
lanceolatis. Filamenta complanata, glabra. Anthere vix ex- 
sertze, concrete, lineares, basi bisetose, apice appendice lan- 
ceolata anthere multo breviore terminate. Pollen glo- 
bosum, leve. Stylus teres, glaber, basi bulbosus : rami bre- 
ves, truncati, divaricati, hispidi. Achenium oblongum, 
dense villosum. Pappus uniserialis, multisetosus, setis 
scabris corolla longioribus. 
Nomen ex Aeveos albus, et ports squama. 
This genus differs from all the allied ones which are 
described by De Candolle, in having a regular corolla, a struc- —— — 
ture which, along with its habit, approximates it to the h ME 
division - — of the tribe Vernoniacee. "Od 
