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from it, and from all others, by the short spines, which are 
flattened and pubescent on their upper surface. 
4946. F. Doniana; folis brevi-petiolatis apice spinosis ob- 
longis utrinque obtusiusculis trinerviis supra adpresse 
pilosis subtus glabris junioribus sericeo-villosis, capitulis 
» ad apices ramulorum solitariis sessilibus 20-floris, invo- 
lucri oblongo-campanulati squamis pungentibus glabri- 
. usculis ciliatis nitidis, exterioribus ovatis acutis, intimis 
linearibus acuminatis erectis, corollis palmatis, lobis extus 
villosis, tubo extus glabro intus villoso. 
Has. Near Formigas, in the Sertao of the Province of 
Minas Geraes. J uly, 1840. 
Frutex ramosus, spinosus, 5-pedalis. Spinz geminæ, 6 lin. 
longe. Folia 14 poll. longa, 74 lin. lata. Capitula 14 
poll. longa. 
This species has longer and narrower capitula than any 
other known to me, and is well distinguished from those 
to which it most nearly approaches by the inner involucral 
scales being erect, not reflexed. 
4945. F. fodinarum ; foliis petiolatis apice spinosis elliptico- 
oblongis acutis basi obtusis trinerviis utrinque ramisque 
Sparse villosis, capitulis ad apices ramorum solitariis sessi- 
"libus 25.8oris, involucri campanulati squamis piloso- 
pubescentibus, exterioribus ovatis acutis spinosis, intimis 
. linearibus pungentibus erectis, corollis palmatis ubique 
villosis, : 
Has. In a wood at the foot of the Serra de Piedade, 
Province of Minas Geraes. Sept. 1840. : 
Frutex ramosus, spinosus, 4-pedalis. Spine gemine, 
deflexæ, 2 lin. longe. Folia 2-24 poll. longa, 103-14 
Jin, lata, Capitula 15 lin. longa. Eur. : 
Distinguished from the preceding species by the villosity 
_ Of the branches and leaves, the larger leaves, shorter capitula, 
‘and more spinose involucral scales. = 
: : brevi-petiolatis oblongis utrinque obtusis apice mu 
delicet mo MEL colis el NM 5 
em argine revolutis, capitulis S s 
lorum -solitariis sessilibus 25-30-foris, involucri campa- — 
