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scandentibus, glabris aut apice junioribusque tomentosis. 

 FolJa penninervia, allerna, peliolata, coriacea, supra gla- 

 berrima, lucida , nervis prominulis , subtus tomento albo 

 denso magis minusve adpresso veslila, margine integer- 

 rima vix reflexa, brevia *) vel oblonga, aut utrinque atte- 

 nuata , aut apiee norihisi attenuata basi ovata, vel cordata 

 \\ — 4" longa, 9'" — 1|" lata. Petioli tomentosi, cana- 

 liculati, 3 — 6 W ' long!. Capilula numerosa, cylindracea, 

 sessilia, dense congesta, pauci - (2 — 3) flora, glomerulata, 

 petiolis breviora, e quorum axillis prodeunt. Involucrl 

 foliola coriacea, sicca, 1-nervia, obtusa, versus apicem 

 extus pubescenlia margine ciliata. Corollae ignotae. Achae- 

 nia fusca, matura glaberrima, multi-costata, oblonga, ob- 

 compresso-trigona, dorso convexo, planis ventralibus sub- 

 concayis. Pappus ut in praeced. — E Brasilia trop. misit 

 Sellow. spec. plura. 



15. V. axillaris n. sp. Frutex, ramis teretibus, foliis 

 delapsis nodulosis, magis minusve fulvo -tomentosis. Folia 

 penninervia, alterna, coriacea, petiolata, oblongo- ovata aut 

 elliptica, basi saepe obliqua, obtusa, juniora nonnisi rarius 

 subacuminata, intcgcrrima aut denliculata, supra glabra, lu- 

 cida, rugosula, nervis impressis, intermedio tomentosulo, 

 subtus petiolique 10 — 12'" longi, fulvo -tomentosa, 2—4" 

 longa, 9'" — 1" 6'" lata. Capitula cylindracea, numerosa, 

 oo- (circiter 6) flora, glomerulata, foliorum petiolis, e qui- 

 bus prodeunt, breviora. Involucn foliola coriacea, sicca, 

 1-nervia, obtusiuscule acuminata, glabra, ex ovatis in ob 

 longa, margine ciliata. Corollae ignotae. Achaenium slra- 



*) Folia dico brevia, quorum diameter longitudinalis transversa- 

 lem superat nee triplo, iisque oppono rotunda, quorum diameter lon- 

 gitudinalis transversalem aequat aut subaequat, et oblonga, quorum ille 

 hunc triplo vel plurics superat, nulla formae ratione habita. 



