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lalius paleacei, rufcscentis vel flavescentis vel colorc* cera- 

 sino lincü series longitudine latiludineque aequales,, exlus 

 arcuatae. Achaenia tereliuscula aut obcompresso trigona, 

 dorso convexo, oo-costata, valleculis scabris, obscure: fusca, 

 glaberrima. — Beyrich legit Jim. 1823 ad Portam d'Estrel- 

 lam Aug. 1822. Sellow misit e Brasilia tropica (v. sjp, oo.). 



40. V. ferruginea n. sp. *). Caulis fc, ramis suban- 

 gulatis, fulvo-tomentosis, alternis, flexuosis. Folia petio- 

 lata, penninervia, alterna, coriacea, elliptica aut obovato- 

 oblonga, apice obtusa, basi acuta aut obtusa , margine un- 

 dulata, integerrima, supra scaberrima, puberula, ner vis pu- 

 bescentia, parum lucida, obscure viridia, subius petiolique 

 4'" longi fulvo-tomentosa , tomento in adultis mag;is mi- 

 nusve obsolelo. Cymae scorpioides laterales, foliis, e quo- 

 rum axillis prodeunt, longiores, in terminales foliis super- 

 ioribus longiores abeunt, ramis varie ramosis, in veriicillos 

 2 — 3 radiotos collectis, pedunculis oo- (saepe) 1 — 2-ce- 

 phalis. Capilula campanulata, oo.flora, omnia sessilia. In- 

 volucri fructibus brevioris foliola coriacea sicca 1 — 3-ner- 

 via, acuta aut obtusa, margine scariosa ciliata, extus ver- 

 sus apicem pubescentia. Corollae glabrae, albae(?). Achae- 

 nia atro fusca, glandulosa, oo-costata, costis hispidis. -— 

 Pappi flavescentis vel ferruginei series exter. brevis ab in- 

 teriori longitudine latitudineque distincta. — E Brasilia 

 tropica Sellow. spec. oo. 



41. V. odoratissima (Kunth. nov. gen. IV. pag. 32. 

 t. 318. Ej. syn. II. p. 373. N. 19. Conyza clethrarfolia et 

 Eupatorlum obovotum Willd. herb. N. 15633 et 15146.) 

 Caulis t>. 5 6 — 10 pedalis, ramosissimus, ramis alternis, 

 striatis, superne subangulalis , magis minusve obscure pu- 



) Cymas scorpioides in diagnosibus adhibui , quamquam non in 

 omnibus sed tarnen in longe plurimis notam intclleatu facillimam spe 

 ciesque similes pulcherrime consociantem sistant. 



