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puberule tubo calycem multo superante, labio postico amplo —- 
gradatim et attenuato apice bilobo, labio antico 
posticum angustiori late oblongo breviter 8-lobo lobis cot aes 
een pemna stam Snibua faucibus affixis, antherarum loculis inter 
se equilongis oblongis pilosis loc. inferiore seer pollinis granis 
anguste ee eis, a capitellato, capsu 
Hab. a Chapada; July. 
_ Planta semimotal verisimiliter rhizomate thee sustentata. 
Folia 8-5-10-0 em. long. (summa equidem 55 cm. vel etiam minus), 
‘0-3'5 cm. leis » oystolithis inconspicuis ; petioli + 0°5 em. long. 
Cyma circa 4-0 em. long.; rami ern: skis roximati, ovaciles. 
owe spies a Seek 0-1 cm. long. Bractea 0°6 cm., 
bracteole 0:5 cm., calycis lobi 1:2cm. soni ay hi 0:2cm. lat. Corolle 
en 3-2 cm. feet basi 0°3 em. sub limbo 0-6 em. diam. ; labia 
1°5 cm. long., labium coe deorsum 1-2 cm. lat ; hujus lobi 
ovati, vix 0°2 cm. long.; labium anticum 0°6 cm. lat. ; " Jobi 0-25 em 
long., laterales fere 0° 25 cm., intermedius 0°35 cm. lat. Filamenta 
complanata, glabra, 1:2 cm. long. Antherarum loculi 0:22 cm 
long. ; loc. inf. calcar 0°08 cm. long., parum S vatum, Ovarium 
anguste dvodourn, panting Stylus 5-0 cm 
Known by its hirsute stem and abe Geta with the glan- 
dular- polkas cymes, four- eee e alyx, &e. 
he f calyx is curious, though not enough, in my 
opinion, to warrant a new genus, evenif the character be constant. 
The pollen areca somewhat from the normal, inasmuch as the 
fine tubercles of the exine are prolonged as bands over part of the 
area adjoining the two pores; but isolated round masses of fine 
tubercles peer p take the place of these bands, and then the 
rain has more of the oniants look of elie pollen. The 
‘* stoppers ”’ are — conspicuous. 
CompositT=, 
By Spencer te M. Moors, B.Sce., F.L.S. 
Vernonia eriolepis Gardn. 878. 
Vernonia (§ Leprparpnoa, Macrocerpnat2) Roberti, sp. nov. 
Suffruticosa, erecta, caule gracili aliquatenus flexuoso angulato 
lorum vetustiorum plus minus abbreviatis, bractea unica foliis simili 
nisi minore, involucri campanulati puberuli 5-6-serialis phyllis 
lanceolatis vel lanceolato-linearibus intimis lineari-oblongis exteri- 
oribus abbreviatis acuminatis interioribus gradatim longioribus 
acutis intimis sursum purpuratis, flosculis longe exsertis, acheniis 
cylindricis 8-striatis appresse pubescentibus, pappi setis scabridis 
sordide albis exterioribus quam interiora multoties brevioribus. 
Hab. Sant’ Anna da Chapada; October. 6084. ‘ 
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