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breviorem sensim et euneatim angustatis, apice obtusis vel acutiuseulis, 
subeoriaceis, juvenilibus pilis sericeis, durescentibus et setaceis, vetu- 
stioribus obtectis demum glabratis superficie in foliis vetustis dense et 
manifeste punctatis, nervis obsoletis; inflorescentia terminali, capituli- 
formi, ambitu subsemiglobosa circa 3,54 em. diametro; bracteolis au- 
reis, nitidis, carinatis, eristulatis, cristula ampla, apice denticulata, 15 
mm. longis; floribus flavis, tepalis aureis, linearibus, apice acutis, mu- 
cronulatis, basi incurvatis, dense pilosis, 16-17 mm. longis; tubo sta- 
mineo hyalino, perigonio 1 mm. longiore, filamentis brevissimis in lobos 
duos laterales, ovatos, obtusiuseulos, divergentes, excurrente, lobo in- 
termedio antherifero brevissimo, antheris linearibus aeutis basi bilobu- 
latis, apice demum excurvatis; ovario turbinato , stylo eylindrico, stig- 
mate brevi bifido, seminibus rufescentibus ovatis. 
Brasilia in civit. Minas Seraés in Serra dos Vertentes, in Jun. fl: 
Glaziou n. 20435; in civit. Goyaz inter As Antas et Petro Sardinha in 
campo, in Aug. fl.: Glaziou n. 21966. 
G. eriocalyx Lopr. n. sp.; perennis, erecta; caulibus validis, tereti- 
bus, 46 mm.‘ crassis, pilis albidis subadpressis, molliter sericeo-subla- 
nuginosis; foliis basalibus oblanceolatis vel oblanceolato-cuneiformibus, 
erectis, erassiuseulis, coriaceis, integerrimis, apice obtusis vel subrotun- 
datis, vel acutiusculis, saepe brevissime mucronulatis, supra et margine 
pilis brevissimis erectis scabris vel scaberrimis, subtus pilis longis ad- 
pressis tomentosis, 13-15 em. longis, 2 '/,3 latis, costa media supra 
i. s. laeviter impressa, subtus vix conspicua, nervis lateralibus plane 
obsoletis, foliis caulinis gradatim diminutis, lanceolatis vel lineari-lan- 
ceolatis vel superioribus subdeltoideis, internodiis longissimis (8-15 em. 
longis); floribus in glomerulos densos internodiis 6 mm. longis separa- 
tos in eaulis primarii axi eongestis, glomerulis singulis cirea 2 cm. 
diam. et uno alterove interdum axin brevem seeundariam glomeruli- 
feram emittente; bracteolis hyalinis, nervo mediano rufescente concavis, 
45 mm. longis; floribus flaveseentibus; tepalis linearibus, apice acutis, 
basi inerassatis, 7-8 mm. longis, dense pilosis, pilis longis, albidis, 
3 lanuginosis; tubo stamineo hyalino, circa 6 mm. longo, filamentorum 
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