FLORA OF BRAZIL, 447 
nudum. Jnvolucrum 4-phyllum, adjecta aut ad basin aut 
infra basin bracteola. Corolle tubulosæ, ad faucem dila- 
tate. Achenium angulatum. Pappus 2-serialis, setis 
pilosis rigidis scabridis æqualibus.—Herbæ vel suffrutices 
erecta. Folia opposita, sessilia, interdum verticillata, ellip- 
lica aut linearia. Capitula spicata, aut corymbosa. Co- 
rolla albida. 
The only essential character which distinguishes this genus 
from Mikania is the double pappus and the only two species 
which I know have the same erect habit as those of De 
Candolle's first section of Mikania. There is, however, a 
peculiarity in their look which at first sight bespeaks a 
difference. The capitula are not only much larger, but the 
involucral scales are very nearly as long as the florets, and 
the pappus is much more rigid than in Mikania. I have 
carefully examined the nature of the pappus in seven erect 
species of Mikania, which I possess in my Herbarium, and 
in all of them find it to be decidedly single. I expect, how- 
ever, that De Candolle’s two first species will be found to be 
congeners with the present. The name is an anagram of 
c 3836. Kanimia palustris; herbacea erecta glaberrima,caule sim- - 
‘Plici basi teretistriato folioso apice angulato subaphyllo, foliis 
oppositis sessilibus linearibus obtusis coriaceis integerrimis 
 5-nerviis, nervis parallelis utrinque prominulis, corymbo 
terminali trichotomo, capitulis pedicellatis, bracteola ob- 
longo-lineari invol. breviore, involucri squamis oblongis 
- acutis striatis apice subciliatis, achænio glabro. 
Han. Marshy campos between Villa de Natividade and 
i Conceicäo, Province of Goyaz. Feb. 1840. 
. Herba perennis, 2-3-pedalis. Folia 3-4-poll. longa, 2-24 lin. 
: Pedicelli compressi, 3-lin. longi. Capitula 6-lin. 
longa. Pappus rufescens, setis apice clavatis. —— —— 
4866. Kanimia sérobilifera, Gardn. — Mikania strobilifei 
- Gardg, in Hook. Lond. Jour. of Bot. 5. p. 479. 
