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glandulosa , supra pilosiuscula , sublus pallidiora pilisque 

 adpressis incana, nervis prominentibus, primario lato piano, 

 secundariis simplicibus, elongata, e lineari-lanceolatis, den- 

 liculalis in linearia, integerrima, 1 — 6" longa, 1 — 6'" 

 lata. Cymae ramosae, subfastigiatae, scorpioides, termina- 

 les, ramis dicbotomis, primariis summis in verticillos plus 

 quam 2-radiatos collectis, inferioribus alternis ex foliorum 

 axillis superiorum prodeunlibus eaque superantibus, pedun- 

 culis rarius 1 — pl. 2 — 3-cephalis. Capitula oo-flora, cir- 

 citer 5'" alta, distantia, pseudo-lateralia sessilia aut sub- 

 sessilia, pseudo-alaria longius pedicellata. Involucri sub- 

 turbinati, fructibus multo minoris foliola subcoriacea, sicca, 

 1 — 3-nervia, plana, adpressa, acuta, mutica, extus pi- 

 loso-subincana, margine ciliata ex ovatis in oblongo-ovata. 

 Pappi argentei series neque latitudine neque longitudine 

 distinctae. Corollae violaceae, glabrae. Acbaenia oo-co- 

 stata, oblonga, pilosa glandulosaque. — In Brasilia meri- 

 dionali legit Sellow. (v. sp. co). 



50. V. echidides n. sp. Rbizoma perenne, lignosum, 

 repens (?), supra ramos plures, cauliformes, medullosos, 

 teretes, erectos, striato-sulcatos, asperos, simplices, superne 

 nudos strigosoque pubescentes, usque ad 5' altos emittit. 

 Folia penninervia, sessilia, alterna, membranacea, utrinque 

 aspera, nervis laevibus, primariis latissimis, glabraque aut 

 sfrigosa, elongata, ex lanceolatis margine undulato-crenu- 

 latis, planiusculis, 5 — 10" longis , ■§• — 1" latis in line- 

 aria, margine integerrimo, revoluta, 3 — 10 ;/ longa, 1 — 3 y,/ 

 lata. Cymae ramosae, divaricatae, subfastigiatae, scorpioi- 

 des, ramis dicbotomis, primariis summis in verlicillos sae- 

 pissime oo - radiatos collectis, caeteris alternis, remotis, ex 

 axillis foliorum superiorum, squamaeformium prodeuntibus, 

 pedunculis horizontaliter divaricatis, 4 — oo-cephalis. Ca- 

 pitula oo-flora, 5"' alta, approximata, pseudo-lateralia 

 alariaque sessilia aut subsessilia. Involucri campanujati, 



