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silia. (v. sp. 1. m herbario Marcgravü ipsius Hafniae con- 

 servalo fol. 15.) 



71. V. Deppeana (Linnaea VI. 398.) Foläs petlola- 

 iis, subtus subfloccoso-tomentosis, involucris turbinatis; 

 pappi seru'bus longitudlne lalitudineque distinclis. 



72. V. adproximata n. sp. Foliis petiolatls, basi 

 cOrdatis, supra scabrlusciilis, subtus moUiter pubescenti- 

 tomentosis; involucris turbinatis; pappi seriebus et lati 

 tudine distinctis. 



Caulis fruticosus. Rami teretes, striati, sordide io- 

 mentosuli. Folia membranacea, penninervia, peliolatä, al- 

 terna, obsolete et irregulariter crenulala^ elliptica, obtusa, 

 a'mpla, basi cordata, rugulosa, supra pilosiuscula et sca- 

 briuscula, subtus pallidiora et molliter pubescenti-tomen- 

 tosa nervisque prominentibus, circiter ^-pedalia et 3 — 4" 

 lata. Petioli teretiusculi, sordide tomentosi, circiter ses- 

 (Juipollicares. Cymae scorpioides, subfasligiatae, ramis sor- 

 dide tomentosis, summis geminis, accessoriis alternis fo- 

 liisque suis brevioribus, pedunculis aphyllis, curvato-di- 

 vergentibus. Capitula circiter 11-flora, aeque magna ac 

 in V^. o^^o^iV//b/m, laferalia pedicellata. Involucrum tur- 

 binatum, achaeniis aequale, florlbus multo brevius, circiter 

 8-seriale, foliolis siccis, rectilineo - acuminatis, muticis, 

 extus tomentoso-incanis, adpressis, intimis oblongis, ulrin- 

 que angustalis, 2'" longis, exterioribus minutis, rotundis. 

 Rhachis plana, nuda. Pappus albus, biserialis, serie ex- 

 teriori paleacea, brevi ab interiori longa, setacea longilu- 

 dine latitudineque dlslincla. Corollae glabrae, purpureo- 

 violaceae, Achaenia immatura oblonga, villoso-canescen- 

 lia, epunctata. — Sellow in Brasilia (v. sp. 2. s.) 



Similis J^. oppositifoliae sed distinctissima: caule 

 frulicoso; foliis majoribus, cordatis, longius petiolatls, ru- 

 gulosis, semper alternis; involucris 8 nee 4-serialibus, to- 

 mentoso-incanis, foliolis Omnibus et praecipue intimis con- 



