176 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
59. Vernonia splendens. Less.— D.C. Prodr. 5, p. 18. 
Has. In woods and hedges, common about Rio. Fi. July. 
60. Mikania scandens. Willd.—D.C. Prodr. 5, p. 199. —Eu- 
patorium scandens. Linn. 
Has. Common in bushy places, and in hedges, about Rio. 
Fl. Aug. Sept. 
61. Mikania glomerata. Spreng. Syst. 3, p. 421.—an M. di- 
versifolia. D.C. Prodr. 5, p. 201? 
Has. Only once met with, in a wood by the Aqueduct, on 
the ascent of the Corcovado from Rio Comprido. PL July. 
62. Vernonia eupatoriifolia, var. B pauciflora. D.C. Prodr. 5; 
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Has. In woods on the Corcovado. Fi. Sept. 
63. Ageratum conyzoides. Linn.— D.C. Prodr. 5, p. 108. 
Has. Common, everywhere about Rio. Fl. all the year 
round. 
64. Eupatorium sordescens. D.C. Prodr. 5, p. 167. 
Has. Common in hedges and bushy places, about Rio. Fl. 
July, Aug. 
65. Baccharis Lundi. D.C. Prodr. 5, p. 404. 
Has. Common on dry hilly places, about Rio. Fl. July; 
Aug, 
66. Chromolena pratensis, (sp. n.); caule herbaceo erecto 
striato hispido, foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis ovatis vel 
oblongo-ovatis basi cuneatis dentato-serratis triplinervis 
ubique hirsutis, corymbo oligocephalo, capitulis peduncu- 
latis subfoliatis, invol. hemispheerici squamis multiserialibus 
laxe imbricatis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis striatis tomen- 
toso-hirsutis. 
Has. Not uncommon, in open bushy places and gras 
fields, about Rio. Fi. Oct. Nov. 
Herba 2-pedalis. Folia 21.4 poll. longa, 8-12 lin. late 
Corolla rosea. Achenia 5-angulata ad angulos hispidiuscula- 
Pappus uniserialis, setosus, scabridus. 
The only species of this genus described by De Candolle 
is very different from the present in general appearance; but 
the essential characters of both are the same. In my col- 
