FLORA OF BRAZIL. 491 
Has. Dry Campos near Villa de Natividade (3258), and 
Villa de Arrayas (3789), Province of Goyaz. January and 
April, 1840. 
Suffrutex bipedalis. Folia 2-24 poll. longa, 9-12-lin. lata. 
Corolla violacea, glabra. Pappus albidus. 
Near V. arenaria, Mart. from which it differs in being less 
branched, more tomentose, with fewer and larger capitula, 
more acuminated involucral scales, and whiter pappus. 
Under n. 3789, I have two specimens one of which perfectly 
. agrees with n. 3258, while the other has more sessile leaves, 
which are besides broader and somewhat cordate at the base, 
but in other respects is quite the same as the specimen with 
which it is associated. | 
3/99. V graminifolia; suffruticosa, caule erecto apice parce 
ramoso glabriusculo tereti valde striato, foliis longe: li- 
nearibus apiculatis margine integerrimis valde revolutis 
- glabris supra grosse reticulato-venosis, venis prominulis, 
subtus impresso-punctatis, ramis floriferis paucis subscor- 
- Pioideis, capitulis extra-axillaribus solitariis sessilibus 
40-floris, involucri campanulati squamis dorso puberulis 
: ciliatis, externis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, intimis linea- 
ribus obtusis apice coloratis, achænio striato piloso, pappi 
___ Serie externa subpaleacea acuta brevi. ug olga shy 
a Has. Dry grassy Campos near Villa de Arrayas, Provincé —— 
_ %Goyaz. April, 1840. salon seuh ID 
_ Suffrutex bipedalis. Folia 4-10 poll. longa, sesquilineam lata. 
rolla, violacea, glabra. Pappus sordidus. | 
Near V. rubricaulis, H. et Bonpl, and V. chromolepis, 
Sardu., but very distinct from.bôth. : 7.5005 © 
3796. V. elegans ; suffruticosa, erecta, ramosa, ramis teretibus 
(— Striatis parce araneoso-tomentosis, foliis subsessilibus lineari- 
.- lanceolatis utrinque acutis margine revolutis integerrimis - 
.. Teticulato-venosis, venis glabriusculis, ramis floridis gracili- — 
bus subscorpioideis, capitulis ad axillas foliorum sessilibus 
 5quamis dorso puberulis, externis ovato-e 
-Supra glabriusculis nitidis subtus cinereo-tomentosis grosse — — ue 
