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i06l. (18.) B. Baldwinii {Hook. etArn.); fruticosa glabra, 

 caule prostrate ramisque angulato-striatis, foliis sessilibus 

 lanceolatis basi cuneatis subcoriaceis uninerviis impunctatis 

 acutis supra medium utrinque uni-vel bidentatis, capitulis 

 pedicellatis solitariis in folios supremos ramorum racemes 

 foliosos formantibus, involucri cylindraceo-campanulati 8-10- 

 flori squamis ext. ovatis, int. oblongis marginibus nudis. — M- 

 prostrata. Herb, Baldiv. (non ll.et P.) Maldonado. Dr 

 Baldwin. Tweedie. Shores of Lagoa and Los Moranharos, S. 

 Brazil. Tweedie, (n. 982.) La Lleducion do la puerta del 

 Sauce, Pampas of Buenos Ay res. Dr Gillies, (n. 169,) 



1082. (19.) \^. vernicosa (^Hook.et Am.) ; glabra fruticosa 

 vernicosa, ramis striatis, foliis spathulatis obtusis punctatis 

 coriaceis uninerviis aliis integerrimis aliis (plerumque majori- 

 bus) obtuse tri-quinquedentatis, floribus paucis sessilibus 

 terminalibus solitariis vel binis, involucri cylindrici pauciflori 



squamis ext. ovatis, int. oblongis Uraguay, in marshy woods. 



Tv^eedie. — Apparently a small twiggy shrub, much branched. 

 Leaves, some small, 3-4 lines long, generally entire, others 

 much larger, nearly an inch long, more or less toothed; ail 

 as it were varnished, distinctly dotted, and having no trace 

 of lateral nerves. 



1063. (20). B. axillaris. De Cand. Prodr. v. p. 407.— f3. 

 dentata; foliis cuneatis omnibus apice 3-5 dentatis. DC h c. 

 — Via Monte in S. Brazil, Tu'eedie. Uraguay, Baird, — 

 What we take for this plant has the leaves about | of an inch 

 long, broadly cuneate, with 3 nerves, the lateral nerves 

 obscure or sometimes obsolete, not dotted, the margins a 

 little thickened or revolute, deeply and coarsely toothed. In 

 the female capitula the pappus is pale reddish, much longer 

 tiian the involucre, the styles much exserted. 



1064. (21.) B.Jlabellata {Hook. etArn.); fruticosa erecta 

 glabra, ramis angulatis junioribus viscosis, foliis flabelliformi- 

 bus coriaceis grosse angulato-dentatis obscure 3-nerviis 

 obsolete punctatis basi in petiolum altenuatis, capitulis sessili- 

 bus axillaribus glomeratis, involucri ovati squamis ovatis uni- 

 nerviis int. longioribus. — Aguadita. province of San Luis. Dr 



