FLORA OF BRAZIL. 455 
obtusis triplinerviis utrinque sparsis adpresse villosis, 
ramis pubescentibus, capitulis subpaniculatis pedicellatis 
15-20-floris, involucri oblongo-campanulati squamis spi- 
nosis glabriusculis ciliatis, exterioribus ovatis obtusis, 
intimis linearibus obtuse acuminatis subreflexis, corollis 
palmatis extus glabris, tubo intus villoso. 
Has. Woods near Formigas, Province of Minas Geraes. 
July, 1840, 
Frutex subscandens, ramosus, spinosus. Spine gemine, 
2-73 lin. longe. Folia 2}-4 poll. longa, 9-15 lin, lata. 
Capitula 6 lin. longa. 
4267 et 4950. F. vagans; subscandens, foliis spinosis brevi- 
petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis utrinque obtusis 3-nerviis supra 
glaberrimis subtus tomentosis, ramis pubescenti-tomen- 
tosis, capitulis subpaniculatis pedicellatis 20-floris, invo- 
lueri_ovato-campanulati squamis tomentosis, exterioribus 
ovatis obtusis spinosis, intimis linearibus acutis reflexis, 
corollis palmatis, lobis extus villosis, tubo extus glabro 
intus villoso, ; 
Han. Woods near Capella da Passe, Province of Goyaz 
(4267), and bushy places near Formigas, Province of 
Minas Geraes (4950). May and July, 1840. - y 
Tg Frutex subscandens, ramosus, spinosus. Spinæ geminæ, 
7-10 lin. longe, Folia 24-34 poll. longa, 12-18 lin. lata. 
Capitula 6 lin. longa. ; | 
The Goyaz specimens are a little more tomentose than the 
ones, and the leaves and the spines somewhat 
.. Smaller, otherwise they are alike. 
Lo 4953. F. Jloribunda ; subscandens, glaberrima, foliis spinosis 
. > brevi-petiolatis oblongis utrinque acutiusculis triplinerviis 
margine revolutis, pedunculis axillaribus folio brevioribus 
2-5-cephalis, capitulis sessilibus 13-floris, involueri ovato- 
. &&mpanulati squamis spinosis ciliatis laxe imbricatis, exte- 
Moribus ovatis, intimis linearibus reflexis, corollis palmati: = 
extus villosis, tubo extus glabro intus villoso. dH 
