FLORA OF BRAZIL, 443 
Allied to E. graciliflorum, DC. 
3823. E. pictum; suffruticosum, ramis teretibus striatis 
hispido-villosis, foliis oppositis petiolatis ovato-oblongis 
acutis basi cuneato-attenuatis trinerviis grosse dentato- 
serratis utrinque sparse villosis, corymbis terminalibus 
compositis trichotomis, capitulis subsessilibus cylindricis 
16-floris, involucri squamis imbricatis basi adpressis glabris 
striatis ciliatis apice foliaceis subpatulis pilosis, achænio ad 
angulos scabriusculo. 
Has. Margins of woods near Villa de Arrayas, Province of 
Goyaz. May, 1840. 
Suffrutex 3-4-pedalis. Folia 2-31 poll. longa, 1-14 poll. lata, 
membranacea. Capitula 44 lin. longa. Pappus sordidus. 
3819. E. subtruncatum ; herbaceum, caule erecto tereti striato 
hispido-hirsuto ad apicem ramoso, foliis oppositis petio- 
latis ovato-oblongis acutis basi subtruncatis tri- vel sub- 
quintupli nerviis crenato-serratis supra piloso-scabridis 
subtus villoso-subtomentosis, corymbis terminalibus com- 
positis trichotomis, capitulis breviter pedicellatis cylindricis 
16-floris, involucri squamis imbricatis arcte adpressis 
Striatis, externis obtusis ad apicem pilosis, intimis acutis 
ciliatis, achænio ad angulos scabriusculo. 
Has. Near Villa de Arrayas, Province of Goyaz. April, 
= 4840. | PH ot: 
Herba perennis, 11-2-pedalis. Folia 3-43 poll longa, 15-24 
. lin. lata. Capitula 41-lin. longa. Pappus albidus. 
Near the last species, but well distinguished by its diffe- 
Tent leaves and involucral scales. - 
Ser. II. SuBIMBRICATA, DC. 
3833. E. dentatum ; fruticosum, ramis erectis teretibus striatis — 
cinereo-piloso-tomentosis, foliis alternis sessilibus cuneato- - 
| bus ad apicem 3-5 dentatis utrinque tomentosis, pani 
= terminali dichotoma, capitulis subsessilibus glo me 
3-4-floris, involucri squamis 3-seriatis imbricatis tome 
_ oblongis obtusis penniveniis inferioribus integris superiori- — 
