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II. pag. 373. V. patens Kunth, V. divaricatae Sw. 

 synonyma adscripta, et Eupatorium polyanthes Sprng. 

 syst. III. p. 414. N. 57. et p. 435. Nr. 8! Baccharis ru- 

 gosa W. herb. N. 15601.) Arbor (ex Kunth) ramis alter- 

 nis superne junioribusque acute angulatis obscureque pu- 

 bescentibus, inferne adultisque leretiusculis, cinereis. Fo- 

 lia penninervia, alterna, petiolata, summa subsessilia, 

 membranacea , rigida, lanceolata, subcrenato-undulata aut 

 denticulato-serrata, scabra, supra rugosa, glabriuscula, sub- 

 tus petiolique usque ad 1" longi obscure pubescentia, 

 nervis valde prominentibus, 3 — 7" longa, 7 — 18'" lata. 

 Cymae ramosae, scorpioides, divaricatae, laterales minores 

 in terminales maximas abeuntes, ramis in verticillos sae> 

 pissime 2-radialos collectis, primariis summis geminis, 

 caeteris alternis ex axillis foliorum superiorum prodeunti- 

 bus, inferioribus quam folia parum longioribus, pedunculis 

 3 — oo-cephalis. Capilula co-flora, distantia, solilaria, 

 pseudo - lateralia et pseudo - alaria sessilia aut subsessilia, 

 circiler 3'" alta. Involucri campanulali, fructibus minoris 

 foliola coriacea, sicca, plana, adpressa, medio 1-nervia, 

 viridia, margine scariosa, pilosiuscula, ex ovalis, acutis in 

 ovato^elliptica obtusa aut acuta. Achaenia pilosa, glandu- 

 losaque, oo-costata, oblonga, tereiiuscula, basi attenuata. 

 Pappi flavescenlis, anguste paleacei series exterior achae- 

 nia subaequans ab inleriori longitudine nee latitudine dis- 

 tineta. Corollae glabrae, albae (?). — Humboldt legit in 

 America meridionali, Beyrich ad latera viae supra montes 

 Estrellae pr. Rio- Janeiro Aug. 1822, Sellow misit e Bra- 

 silia tropica, (v. sp. oo). 



49. V. incana n. sp. Rhizoma perenne, multieeps, 

 lignosum, repens? infra radices, supra ramos plures, cauli- 

 formes, herbaeeos, teretes, erectos, pilis adpressis magis 

 minusve incanos, simplices, 2-pedales et ultra emittens. 

 Folia penninervia, alterna, sessilia, membranacea, utrinque 



