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about an inch long. Capitula, longer than broad, numerous, 

 crowded, each about half an inch across. The most striking 

 feature of this species is in the numerous bracteolcC of the 

 pedicels, each tipped with a minute white callous point or gland. 

 2065. (I.) W erner'ia pygmaa, (Gill, mst.) ; radice prse- 

 morsa, caule subnullo, foliis linearibus opacis obtusis basi 

 dilatatis in axillis dense tomentosis, capitulo sessili, involueri 

 glabri foliolis sub- 1 4 lanceolatis acutiusculis. — Valle de los 

 Ciegos, Andes of Mendoza ; Dr Gillies. — This has quite the 

 habit of IV, pumila, H. B. K, ; but in that the leaves are rigid 

 and glossy, and there is no wool in the axils. 



2066. (1.) Erechthites hieracifolia, Uaf. in DC. Prodr. vi. 

 p. 294. — E. pra^alta, Less. — Senecio hieracifolius, L. — 

 Sonchus agrestis, Sw South Brazil ; Tweedie. 



2067. (2.) E. valerian£cfolia, DC. Prodr. vi. p. 295 — Sene- 

 cio valerianaefolius, JVulf. — Reichenb. Ic. Exot. \. p. 59./. 85. 

 — Crassocephalum valeriansefolium, Less. — " Senecio," SalZ' 

 man, Herb. Bahice. — Shores of the Parama; Ttveedie, 

 (». 1095.) — Pappus, of a beautiful purple colour. Leaves 

 resembling those of Valeriana officinalis. 



{To be continued.) 



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Latest Intelligence from Mr Gardner. 



Rio de Janeiro, Nov. \Bt/t, 1840. 

 Mv Dear Sir, — It gives me much pleasure to be able to 

 inform you of my safe arrival at this place, with all the col- 

 lections which I have been making since July of 1839. I 

 remained in MinasGeraes till the beginning of October, and 

 I arrived here on the first of this month. My headquarters 

 in Minas, was Morro Velho, and from it I made several ex- 

 cursions, one of which was to the top of the Serra de Pudu- 

 do, which is the highest in Minas, and notwithstanding that 

 my journey was made at the very worst season, 1 found some 



