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cordatis margine denticulatis a basi 5-nervibus subcoriaceis utrobique 
scaberrimis vetustioribus glaucis, pedunculis folia ex xcedentibus 
scabridis superne (presertim sub capitulo) hispide pubescentibus, 
capitulis majusculis multiflos culosis, involueri 2-serialis phyllis 
lineari-lanceolatis acutis deorsum induratis striatisque sursum 
membranaceis pilis albis mieDulie haud copiose onustis interioribus 
ectavinen eequantibus vel quam ea brevioribus vel nonnunquam 
longioribus, ligulis 13, scbuasine fate is a latere compressis 
minute sericeis, pappi paleis 2 danaeolelis "aaditie 2-4 brevioribus 
ovatis oblongisve basi breviter c 
Hab. Sant’ Anna da Ch asia aks 640 
anta fere motels rhizomate yalido price fibroso sustenta. 
Folia wodie ce 7°0-9:0 cm, long., 8°5-4 . lat., pauca vetustiora 
necnon juvenilia minora; cost @ Terns conspicie, costule arctis- 
sime reticulate. Peduneuli Baer iit 22-0 cm. long. Capitulum 
pansum circa 6-0 Involueri shiyile 1-0-1°3 em. long. 
eae dorso io 0°75 cm. long. Ligule oblonge, circa 
3°0 cm, long., apice 2-3-fide, raro ce err te 10-12-nervose, dorso 
pebarntés Corolle disci 0°5 cm. long.; lobi deltoidei, extus apis 
scentes, O'1 cm. long. Achenia radii Poa calva ; disci 0-4 cm 
long., horum aids longiores 0:2-0: , breviores 0-1 cm. lo ong. 
Nearest V. discolor Bak., which thes haves densely tomentose 
below, densely pilose involueres, and glabrous ye those of 
the ray florets provided with a well- developed pappus 
Spilanthes ureus Jacq. 6865. 
Calea cuneifolia DC. 582. 
C, platylepis Sch. Bip. 680 
Pectis odorata Griseb. Porto Murtinho. 889, 893. 
Rupiacex. 
By Spencer te M, Moors, B.Sc., F.L.S. 
Sickingia hexandra, sp. Foliis ad normam generis 
parvis brevipetiolatia late ovatis “abbieis vel obtuse acutis nonnun- 
quam breviter cuspidatis basi rotundatis vel parum cuneatis leviter 
repandis utrinque eleganter et arcte reticulatis chartaceis cito 
coriaceis costis pag. inf. puberulis pubescentibusve exemptis glabris, 
cymis a 
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liberis, filamentis exsertis villosis, ovario cylindrico fulvo-pubescent 
disco subhemispherico, st ues quam icwaiee "palo brevior ee a 
stigmatibus lineari-oblongis obtusis, orale nu 
. Sa Corumba ; December. 715 and 771. 
1 teretes, cortice cinereo lenticellifero obducti, apicem 
versus Seuamsate foliosi. Folia 6°0-12-0 cm. long. (rarissime 
