-involucri squamis biserialibus oblongis acutis € Eg. 
e berulis et ad apicem resinoso-glanduloso-puncial® =- 
FLORA OF BRAZIL. 437 
Oocuinium, DC. 
3814. O. depressum ; herbaceum, caule erecto tereti striato 
ramoso pilis longis articulatis villoso, foliis oppositis petio- 
latis ovato-oblongis utrinque acutis apice mucronulatis 3- 
nerviis serrato-dentatis utrinque petioloque villosis, pedun- 
culis brevibus 1-cephalis, capitulis 35-40 floris, involucri 
squamis 2-seriatis striatis glabris adpressis, exterioribus 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis apiculatis, interioribus spathulato- 
oblongis margine subscariosis apice lacerato-ciliatis, recep- 
taculo ovato. 
Has. In open sandy places common, near the Villa de Ar- 
rayas, Province of Goyaz. April, 1840. 
Annuum, subpedale, depressum, ramosum, ramis patulis elon- 
gatis foliosis. Folia 1-14 poll. longa, 6-9 lin. lata: petioli 
.. 2-4lin, longi. Pedunculi 4-6 lin. longi, unibracteati, sparse 
pilosi. Involucrum 3-lin. longum. Receptaculum ovatum, 
nudum, foveolatum.. Corolle tubulosæ, ad faucem non : 
ampliatæ, 5-dentatæ, dentibus ovatis obtusis puberulis, 
palide purpurez. Styli rami cylindrici, obtusi, exserti. 
Achænium oblongum, compresso-tetragonum, pilosiuscu- 
lum, nigrum. ; 
_ Near O. Sideritis, DC. I once thought this might be O. 
villosum, DC. (Prazelis villosa, Cass.), but that seems to be 
a much more villous plant. ss 
_ Cowoëzinium, DC. 
wer et 4231 (bis.) C. seandens; fruticosa ramosa scandens, - 
. Famis teretibus striatis piloso-pubescentibus foliosis, foliis 
Oppositis petiolatis late ovatis acutis vel subacuminafis basi 
cordatis 5-7-nervis margine minute calloso-dentieulatis — 
membranaceis rugosis utrinque pubescentibus, panicula — 
— ramulorum in glomerulo: globoso aggregatis 7- 
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