152 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
pallidioribus subdense appresseque hispidulis et glandulari- 
adspersis 9-14.5 em. longis 1—2.6 cm. latis, petiolis 4-7 mm. longis, 
involucri 3-seriati 8-9 mm. alti phyllariis lanceolatis acutis hispid- 
ulis et hispidulo-ciliatis infra incrassatis pallidis 3-vittatis supra 
herbaceis laxis, pappi squamellis ca. 6 basi conjunctis fimbriatis 
usque ad 1.2 mm. longis. 
Herbaceous, erect, simple, 2-headed, the stem slender, striatu- 
late, tuberculate-strigillose, below glabrate. Leaves opposite be- 
low, alternate above, lanceolate, long-acuminate, acuminate at 
base, obscurely and subremotely serrulate (teeth 7-15 pairs, ap- 
pressed), above green, lepidote-strigillose, below paler, subdensely 
appressed-hispidulous, gland-dotted, triplinerved, 9-14.5 cm. long, 
1-2.6 cm. wide; petioles of the lower leaves unmargined, 4-7 mm. 
long, of the upper obsolescent. Heads 3.5 cm. broad, on strigose 
naked peduncles 4 cm. long; disk 1 em. high, 1.3 em. thick. In- 
volucre 3-seriate, 8-9 mm. high, graduated, the phyllaries lanceo- 
late, acute, hispidulous and gland-dotted, hispidulous-ciliate on 
margin, below thickened, pale, and 3-vittate, above herbaceous, 
lax, 1-vittate. Rays about 10, yellow, gland-dotted on back but 
scarcely pubescent, oblong-linear, 1 cm. long, 2.8 mm. wide; 
disk-corollas yellow, sparsely hirtellous, 4.7-5.5 mm. long (tube 
1.3-1.5 mm.). Pales acute, mucronulate, sparsely pubescent . 
above, 6-7 mm. long. Achenes (immature) subsericeous, 3.7 mm. 
long. Awns 2, slender, ciliate, unequal, 2.7 mm. long; squamellae 
about 6, unequal, united at base, fimbriate, up to 1.2 mm. long. — 
BRAZIL: Rio GranprE po Sut: rather moist pasture, near 
wood, Rineao dos Valles near Cruz Alta, 20 April 1893, Malme 794 
(type: B. M., photog., tracing, and fragm. G.). 
104. V. villaricensis, sp. nov. Herbacea ramosa, caule piloso- 
strigoso, foliis anguste lanceolatis longissime acuminatis basi 
acutis vel acuminatis obscure serrulatis supra subaspere strigillosis 
pilis basi vix incrassatis subtus pallidis ad venas submolliter sttl- 
goso-pilosis inter venas strigilloso-pilosulis 3-nerviis et pennivenils 
6.5-13 em. longis 9-22 mm. latis, capitulis paucis 3 cm. latis, in- 
volucri 3-seriati 9 mm. alti paullulum gradati phyllariis lanceolatis 
acuminatis exterioribus plus minusve falcatis basi induratis costatis 
glabris vel glabratis (margine strigoso-ciliato et costa strigos® 
arin supra herbaceis canescenter strigosis, squamellis papP 
6-8 fragilibus basi conjunctis 0.5 mm. longis. 
