126 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
75. V. Weddellii Sch. Bip. in herb. Mus. Par., sp. nov. Her- 
bacea perennis sparse foliata, caule sparse hispido simplice vel 
subsimplice 1-5 capitato, foliis inferioribus oppositis reductis ovali- 
ovatis integris 5-nerviis supra lucidis subtus reticulato-venosis 
utrinque hispidis, mediis ovatis subserratis multo majoribus, invo- 
lucri 2-seriati 1 cm. alti phyllariis anguste lanceolatis acutis mar- 
gine et in medio dorso tuberculatis, radiis ca. 8, corollis disci 4.5 mm. 
longis, acheniis fere glabris. 
Perennial herb, 7-8 dm. high, the stem sparsely hispid, simple 
or sparsely branched above, bearing 1-5 heads. Leaves few, 
subremote, the lower opposite, reduced, oval-ovate, entire, 5- 
nerved, mucronate, sessile, rounded at base, above lucid, beneath 
reticulate-venose, everywhere hispid, 6.5 cm. long, 3.5 cm. wide; 
the middle ones ovate, subserrate, 8-11 em. long, 3-4.5 em. wide. 
Peduncles 7-19 cm. long; disk 1 em. high, 1.2 em. thick. Involucre 
2-seriate, equalling the disk, the phyllaries narrowly lanceolate, 
acute, tuberculate on margin and down the middle of the back. 
Rays about 8, yellow, narrowly oblong, 1.8 cm. long, 3 mm. wide; 
disk-corollas yellow, sparsely puberulous especially on teeth, 4.5 
mm. long. Pales tuberculate-puberulous on back and apex, 6 mm. 
long. Achenes black, nearly glabrous. Awns 2, paleiform, 2.5 mm. 
long; squamellae 6, about half as long. — BRAZIL: between 
Goyaz and Cujaba, Nov.—Dec. 1844, Weddell 2911 (TYPE: Par.). 
76. V. GRANDIFLORA Gardn. Plant 5-7 dm. high, the stem 
loosely pilose with slightly stiff spreading or retrorse hairs and 
somewhat glandular, bearing 1-4 long-peduncled heads. Leaves 
alternate, the middle and upper usually oblong or oblong-ovate oF 
-obovate, rarely orbiculate-oval or oval-oblong, acute to obtuse at 
apex, from cuneate to rounded and slightly amplexicaul at the ses- 
sile or subsessile base, subentire or usually irregularly dentate with 
acute or rounded teeth above the middle or for nearly their whole 
length, 3(—5)-nerved, equally green and strigose-pilose both sides, 
beneath. sometimes slightly gland-dotted, 5-12.5 cm. long, 2.2-8 
cm. wide, the lowest 4-7 leaves abruptly reduced, oval or oblong to 
lanceolate, thickened, venose, the lowest almost scalelike. Heads 
7-10 cm. wide, on sordidly hispid-pilose naked peduncles 7-30 ¢™- 
long; disk 1.5-(fruit)2.2 em. high, 1.8-(fruit)2.8 em. wide. In- 
volucre 2-3-seriate, subequal or slightly graduated, 1.5-2 cm. high, 
the phyllaries lanceolate to lance-oblong, linear-attenuate, her- 
