34 UMBELLIFER.E. 



1900 hex. (Begno Quitcnst)\ var. > in La Montaha de Pasto^ alt. i5oo hex. [Nova Gra- 

 nata.) o ? 



Folia in var. £ ct > multo latiora quam in var. a 



10. ERYNGIUM cramineum. -|- 



E. caule subsimplici, dicepbalo; foliis anguste linearibus, rcmote ciliato-spinosis; capitulis 

 cllipticis; foliolis involucri 8-10, ciliato-spinosis, capitulo brevioribus. 

 Eryngium gramincura. Delaroche y l. c.p. 60. t. 27. 

 Crescit in sylvis itmbrosis prope S. Eosa Mexicanoiitm , alt. \t\!\o hex. o? FloretSept 



Herba bipcdalis (ex TJonpL). Callis erectus, teres, sulcatus, glaber, foliatus, superne ramo instructus. 

 Folia radicalia sessilia , i4-i5-pollicaria, linearia, graminea, apice angustata, marginc ciliato-scrrala, 

 dentibus subulatis spina>formibus rcmotis, striato-ncrvosa, plana, concoloria, glabra, basi vaginantia. 

 2 4-5 lineas lata; caulina altcrna, radicalibus simillima, 3-7-pollicaria. Capitlla in apicc caulis et rami 

 solitaria, elliptica, involucrata, ca?rulca (ex BonpL). I.NvottcnrM suboctophyllum; foliolis ciliato-spinosis, 

 capitulo duplo brcvioribus (cx BonpL). 



Nonnisi folia ct caulem vidi. 



II. ERYNGIUM IittOMELI/EFOLIUM. j" 



E. foliis clenles subulatos inagnos gerentibus; ratlicalibus late linearibus, longissimis; flora- 

 libus carinatis, arcuatis; involucri foliolis superne tavibus. JJelaroche , Eryng. />. 60. t. 28. 

 Crescit in sylvis Itumidis Nova- Hispania-. © ? 

 Specimina a me liaud visa. 



12. ERYNGIUM IIUMB0LDTIA3NUM. j" 



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E. caule supemc ramoso; foliis sublanccolatis, supcrne angustatis, serrato-spinosis; spmis 

 geminatis; capitulis ovatis, conglomeratis; involucro polypbyllo, scrrato-spinoso; ovariis 



supernc scpianuilosis. 



Eryngium Ilumbolcltii. Delaroche, Eryng. p. 61. t 29. 



Crescit in monte Quindiu, alt. 1200 hex. {Regno Novo-Granatensi.) o? Floret Octobri 



Callis angulatus, sulcatus, glaber, superne ramosus; ramis subdichotomis (?). Folia radicalia haud 

 suppetunt; caulina alterna, scssilia , sublanceolata, supcmc angustata, apice pungentia, margine scrrato- 

 spinosa, spinis geminis, altcra laterali minorc, approximatis subulatis, coriacca, cnervia, striata, conco- 

 loria, glabra, 2-7 pollices longa, 5-9 lineas lata; floralia opposita. Capitula in apicc caulis et ramorum, 

 involucrata, ovata, breviter pedunculata, conglomcrata. Invollcrlm polyphyllum; foliolis foliocaulino simil- 

 limis, scd multo minoribus, 5-; lineas longis. Flores sessiles, bracteati; in spccimine nostro nondum 

 apcrli; bractca: coriacex, flore multo longiores, lanccolaLc, extcriorcs tricuspidata:, foliolis involucri 

 similes, intcriorcs intcgra:, apicc subulatic. Calyx supcrus, profundc quinquepartilus ; laciniis ovatis, 

 acuminato-subulatis, a-qualibus, corolla longioribus. Petala oblonga, apice angustata et inflexa, glabra. 

 Filamenta capillacca. glabra. Antiieiu; oblonga-, dorso affixa-, glabrce, bilocularcs, longitudinalitrr 



