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stanter rectilineo - acuminatls ; achaenüs epunctalis, vIUo- 

 so-incanls nee valde punctatis parumque pilosis. 



; ;73. V. quinqnejlora n. sp. Foliis petiolalis, utrinque 

 acuminalis, subtus hirsulo-pubescentibas; involucris cylin- 

 draceis, basi obtusis; pappi seriebus longiludine lalitudi- 

 ilpque distinctis. 



Caulls herbaceus., teres, sprdlde hirsuto-pubescens, 

 erectus^ pluripedalis, slrlatus. Folia allerna , membrana- 

 cea, adproximata, petiolata, penninervia, elllptico-lanceo- 

 lata,, utrinque acuminata, integerrima s. antice rqmote et 

 obsolete serrulata, supra scabra et hispidiuscula , sublus 

 sordide hirsuto-pubescentia et pallidiora, inferiora 5" lon^ 

 et 1|" lata, superiora minora nee rariora. Cymae termi- 

 nales, obsolete scovpioides, pyramidales, terminales, ramis 

 subfiliformibus, hirsuto-pubescentibus, pl. opposilis s. ver- 

 ticillalis, primariis qupm folia sua[ brevioribus, peduneujis 

 2 s. .3-cepbalis. Capitula aeque magna ae in K. oppo- 

 sitifolia^ 5-flora, longe pedicellata, pedicellis inaequali- 

 hus, involucro saepe acqualibus. Involucrum cylindraceum, 

 circiter 4-seriale, florlbus multo brevius, foliolis siccis, 

 membranaceis, pilosis, muticis, praecipue intimis constan- 

 ter rectilineo -acuminalis, extimis patenti - divergentibu§. 

 R{iacbis parva, glabra. Pappi nivei series exterior anguste 

 pale^cea, brevis, ab interiori longa, serrata, setacea longi- 

 tudine parumque latiludine dislincla. Corollae glabrae, 

 purpureo-violaceae. Ovaria lineaiia, hirsuta, epunctata. — 

 Sellow in Brasilia, (v. sp. s. oo.) 



JProxima J^. adproximatae sed diversa: caule her- 

 baeeo; foliis minoribus , utrinque acuminalis nee rugosis, 

 subtus hirsuto-pubescentibus nee molliter pubescenti-to- 

 mentosis; cymis subfastigiatis, obsolete scorpioideis ; ca- 

 pltulis 5 Qce 11-florls; involucris 4 nee 8-serialibus, fo' 

 liolis pilosis nee tomcntosis. Similis quoque P^. opposi- 



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