Puate 2281. 
STPOLISIA LANUGINOSA, Glaziou. 
Compositm Subtribe EvUVERNONIE. 
Sipolisia, Glaziou MSS. in Hb. Kew. (gen. nov.). Capitula multiflora 
i i geregata. Involu- 
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tis—Frutex ut videtur, ramis cum lana argentea densa indutis. Folia 
alterna sessilia ovata v. ovato-lanceolata acutata subintegra v. obscure 
crenata utrinque dense stellato-tomentosa v. subtus lanata. Rami capi- 
tuligeri awillares ut videtur, aphylli densissime lanati apice sub capitulis 
exterioribus glomeruli cum bracteis amplis foliaceis ovato-lanceolatis 
instructi, 
8. lanuginosa, Glaziow (sp. unica). 
Has. Brazil, near Diamantina, Minas Geraes, Glaziou (No. 19,470). 
Folia 8-12 poll. longa, 3-5 poll. lata. Rami axillares florigeri 
1-2 ped. longi. Bractew exteriores 4-6-10 poll. longer. @ merult 
24-4 poll. diam. Involueri 1-1} poll. diam. 
In the generic name of this noble Composite M. Glaziou commemo- 
rates the services to science of the Abbé M. M. Sipolis, Director of the 
Seminary of Diamantina, ‘qui m’a toujours guidé avec une extreme 
bonté dans la plupart de mes excursions 4 |’intérieur de la province 
de Minas ; l’entomologie Ini doit une foule de découvertes precieuses, 
et la science en général beaucoup de services.’ On the whole, perhaps, 
It is as nearly allied to Proteopsis as to any described genus of 
Vernoniacer, unless it be to some of the Lychnophores, the genera 
of which are, I fear, too artificially distinguished. In he same 
collection with our present plant, M. Glaziou sends another lanate 
plant with the aspect entirely of a Lychnophora (L. villosissima, Mart. )s 
but the capitnla are in terminal ovoid spiciform heads, and the indi- 
vidual capitula may contain from twelve to twenty florets, The 
tion, with a figure, in this work.—D. OnivErR 
Fig. 1. Involucral scale. 2. Portion of receptacle with squame. 3. Bud, pappus 
partially removed. 4. Expanded floret, pappus removed. 9. Seta of pappus. 
6. Anthers. 7. Style-branches. 8. Achene. Lnlarged. 
