ERYNGIU.U. 01 



Herba pedalis ct altior. Caulis erectus, teres, striatus, glaber, ramum latcralcm emittcns. Folia radicalia a mc 

 haud visa; caulina alterna, inferiora petiolata, superiora sessilia, lanceolata, acuta, grosse crcnata, dentibus 

 superne submucronatis, reticulato-vcnosa, nervo mcdio crasso, subtus prominentc, mcmbranacea , utrinque 

 glabra, subtus pallidiora, basi in petiolum decurrcntia, adjecto petiolo 4-5-poilicaria, dimidium pollicem 

 Lata; ramea multo minora, opposita. Petioli vaginantes; vaginai membranaceas, glabra™, 2-2vpolliccs longx. 

 Capitula in apicc caulis ct rami solitaria, elliptica, involucrata, apice foliolis 3 aut 4 linearibuspungentibus 

 comosa, ca^rulea, 6-9 lineas longa. Involucrum 8-10-phyllum; foliolis lanceolato-linearibus, mucronato- 

 pungcntibus, margine remotc scrrulatis, subtrincrviis, rigidis, inaiqualibus. patentibus, longioribus polli- 

 caribus. Flores scssilcs, bracteali; bractca lincari-subulata, glabra, florcm vix supcrante. Calyx superus. 

 quinqucpartitus; laciniis ovatis, apicc subulatis, pungcntibus, mcmbranaceis, unincrviis, superne violaceis, 

 aiqualibus, erectiusculis, corollam paulo supcrantibus, pcrsistentibus. Petala 5, epigyna, oblongo-lanccolata. 

 apice angustata et inflcxa, mcmbranacca, unincrvia, albida, .xqualia. Stamina5, cpigyna , calyccm supe- 

 rantia. Filamenta capillacca, glabra. Anther,e oblongcc, obtusai, basi cmarginatx, dorso affixa*, biloculares. 

 longitudinalitcr dchisccntcs , glabrai. Ovarium turbinatum, squamulis crebris ovatis acuminatis albidis 

 scariosis imbricatis undique tcctum. Stvm 2, cxserti, capillacci, glabri. Sticmata subcapitata. Fructls ealycc 

 stylisquc persistentibus coronatus, bipartibilis, iu spccimiuibus nostris nondum niaturus. 



4. ERYNGIUJU BONPLA^DIANUM. f 



E. caulc supcrnc ramoso, oligocephalo; foliis radicalibua Ionge petiolatis, oblongis, crcnato- 

 serratis; caulinis lincari-lanceolatis; capitulis subglobosis; foliolis involucri 8-10, Ianceolatis, 

 subulato-pungentibus, capitulum subcequantibus; ovariis squamulosis. 



EryngiumBonpIandi. Delaroche, Eryng. p. 52. t. 23. 



Crescit in sylvis umbrosis, prope S. Bosa et Guanaxuato, alt. i43o hex. [Regno 

 Mexicano) % Floret Septembri. 



Herba lo-iS-pollicaris. Caulis crcctus, supernc ramosus, teres, sulcatus, glaber; rami 2 aut 5, altcrni, 

 striati, simpliccs, medio diphylli. Folia radicalia 4-5, longe pctiolata, oblonga, acuta, basi cuncata et 

 in petiolum angustata, marginc crenato-serrata, rcticulato-vcnosa, crassiuscula, glabra, subtus pallidiora, 

 1-2-pollicaria, 5-9 lincas lata; pctiolis 1-44- polliccs longis, glabris, infcrne vaginatis. Folia caulina 

 altcrna, pctiolata, lincari-lanceolata aut lanceolata, in reliquis similia foliis radicalibus; floralia opposita . 

 sessilia, parva, lanceolata, apicc subulata. Capitula in apicc caulis et ramorum solitaria, subglobosa, 

 involucrata, apice nuda (ncc comosa), magnitudine fructus Pruni spinosffi. Involucrum 8-10-phyllum; 

 foliolalanccolata, apicc subulata et pungcntia, plana, striata. glabra, sub;cqualia, patentia, capitulum subav 

 quantia aut ipso parum brcviora. Flores sessilcs, bractcati; bractca lineari-subulata, pungcntc, glabra, 

 florem paulo supcrantc. Calyx supcrus, quinqucpartitus, persistens; laciniis ovato-lanccolatis, unincrviis, 

 rigidis, marginc mcmbranaceis , intcgcrrimis, glabris, apice subulatis et pungcntibus, crcctiusculis , corolla 

 paulo brevioribus. Petala 5, cpigyna, albida, glabra, oblongo-lanccolata, uninervia, utrinque angustata, 

 apicc ita inflcxa ut biloba apparcant. Stamina haud vidi. Ovarium infcrum, subellipticum, squamulis ovatis 

 acuminatis scariosis albidis imbricatis undiquc obtcctum, disco carnoso biiobo tcrminatum. Styli duo, 

 capillacei, cxscrti, glabri. Stigmata subcapitata. Fnucrus obovatus, bipartibilis, tubcrculis acutis albidis 

 exaspcratus, calyce persistente coronatus , ecostatus; scgmcntis dorso convexis ct tristriatis ; commissura 

 plana. Semen obovatum aut cllipticum, pericarpio adhasrens. 



