270 UMBELLIFERÆ. XXXI. Erynor. 
cordate, acutely toothed ; cauline leaves sessile, palmate-parted: 
lobes lanceolate, spiny-serrated ; leaves of involucrum lanceo- 
late, spiny-serrated, exceeding the head of flowers, which is 
nearly globose; palee tricuspidate, longer than the calyxes. 
$.H. Native of Mauritania, Sardinia, Sicily, and the Morea, 
in cultivated fields and exposed places. Laroch. eryng. p. 
33. t. 9. Tratt. arch. t. 211. E. Bocconi, Lam. dict. 4. 
p. 754.—Boce. sic. 88. t. 47. Heads of flowers greenish. 
Flowers purplish. There are varieties of this species with tall 
and humble stems; and with the lobes of the leaves either linear 
or lanceolate. 
Tricuspidate Eryngo. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1699. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
31 E. riciro‘xum (Lam. dict. 4. p. 757.) radical leaves and 
lower cauline ones on short petioles, obovate, coarsely spiny- 
toothed ; petioles quite entire ; leaves of involucrum 5-6, dilated 
at the apex, and coarsely spiny-toothed, exceeding the head of 
flowers, which is ovate-oblong ; palez tricuspidate, longer than 
calyxes. ©.H. Native of Mauritania, Spain, and Portugal. 
Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 419. Desf. atl. 1. p. 225. t.53. Cav. ann. 
sc. 8. p. 51. Laroch. eryng. p. 34. Heads of flowers blue? 
Herb a hand high, stiff. There are varieties of this plant having 
the leaves of the involucrum cut or pinnatifid. 
Ilex-leaved Eryngo. Pl. 4 foot. 
32 E. te'nvs (Lam. dict. 4. p. 755.) radical leaves obovate- 
spatulate, deeply toothed: cauline ones palmate-parted : lobes 
linear, spreading, spiny-toothed; leaves of involucrum linear, 
spreading, spiny-toothed, exceeding the head of flowers, which 
is roundish; palez tricuspidate, bearing spines on the back, 
longer than the calyxes. ©.H. Native of Spain, Portugal, 
and Mauritania, in cultivated fields, and on hills. Laroch. 
eryng. p. 32.—Clus. hist. 2. p. 159. f.1. E. pusillum, J. 
Bauh. hist. 3. p. 87.—Lob. icon. 2. t. 23. Flowers blue ? 
Slender Eryngo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1814. Pl. 4 to 1 ft. 
33 E. NASTURTIIFO`LIUM (Juss. in Laroch. eryng. p. 46. t. 17.) 
leaves all lanceolate, dilated at the apex, and somewhat pinna- 
tifid; branches decumbent; heads of flowers lateral, sessile, 
ovate ; leaves of involucrum lanceolate-subulate, elongated, and 
entire, as well as the palee. ©.S. Native of South America. 
Tratt. arch. t. 768. Allied to Æ. vesiculdsum, but differs in the 
angles of the calyx being 5, and in being rough from scales, not 
from vesicles. 
Nasturtium-leaved Eryngo. Pl. decumbent. 
34 E. Cervante'su (Laroch. eryng. p. 47. t. 18. f. 1.) sur- 
culi decumbent ; floral leaves trifid: lobes linear; heads of 
flowers axillary, pedunculate, roundish ; leaves of involucrum 
5, subulate, spreading, exceeding the head of flowers a little. 
%4. H. Native of Mexico. Tratt. arch. t. 359. E. vivipa- 
rum, Cerv. mss. Calyxes scaly. Allied to E. vesiculdsum. 
Cervantes’s Eryngo. Fl. Jul. Oct. Cit. 1820. Pl. dec. 
35 E. vrostra‘tum (Nutt. in litt. ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 92.) 
surculi creeping, filiform; leaves petiolate, ovate, unarmed, 
membranous, some entire, and others are furnished with a tooth 
or lobule on each side; heads of flowers ovate, pedunculate, 
axillary ; leaves of involucrum 5, oblong-linear, entire, deflexed ; 
paleze linear, small; calyx papulose from vesicles. %. H. 
Native of North America, in the Arkansa territory. Petioles 
variable in length, some shorter than the limbs of the leaves, 
and others longer. Leaves rosulate, at the neck of the plant, 
but crowded at the node of the surculi, sometimes opposite. 
Peduncles 1 or 1} inch long. Heads 2-3 lines long. 
Prostrate Eryngo. PI. prostrate. 
36 E. Batpwr'ni (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 870.) leaves petiolate, 
oval, entire, or serrated; stem much branched, slender, usually 
prostrate; heads of flowers small, numerous; leaves of invo- 
lucrum 2, tripartite: lobes linear, a little toothed at the base. 
©. H. Native of Florida, in pine woods around St. Maria, 
and along the sea-shore near Augustine. E. gracile, Baldw. in 
Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 175. Ell. sketch. 1. p. 345. but not of 
Laroch. E. réptans, Willd. herb. ex Spreng. 
Baldnin’s Eryngo. Pl. prostrate. 
37 E. vesicuto’sum (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 73. t. 98.) sur- 
culi creeping; radical leaves lanceolate, cuneate, and attenuated 
at the base, deeply toothed, almost pinnatifid ; floral leaves 
trifid, with linear lobes ; heads of flowers lateral, on short pedun- 
cles ; leaves of involucrum 5, lanceolate-subulate, and are as 
well as the paleæ entire; calyx papulose. %. G. Native of 
Van Diemen’s Land. Laroch. eryng. p. 47. Tratt. arch. t, 
780. Poir. suppl. 4. p. 291. 
Bladdery-calyxed Eryngo. Pl. cr. : 
38 E. susacau'te (Cav. icon. 6. t. 556. f. 2.) radical leaves 
petiolate, lanceolate, nearly quite entire; scape naked, bearing 
only 1 head of flowers, longer than the leaves: leaves of invo- 
lucrum 8, lanceolate, spinose, spreading, furnished each with 1 
tooth on each side, longer than the head of flowers, which is 
hemispherical; paleæ subulate, shorter than the calyx.—Native 
of Mexico, in Chalma. Laroch. eryng. p. 56. Tratt. arch. 
t.778. Plant hardly more than a finger in height. 
Nearly-stemless Eryngo. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
39 E. rapicirro‘rum (Tratt. arch. t. 764.) radical leaves ses- 
sile, ovate, spiny-serrated ; heads of flowers solitary, roundish, 
sessile at the neck of the plant; leaves of involucrum 6, ovate- 
lanceolate, tridentate at the apex, discoloured, longer than the 
head ; palez entire.—Native of New Granada, on the moun- 
tains of Pasto. E. himile y. Laroch. eryng. p. 34. t. 18. f. 2. 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. p. 34. 
Root-flowered Eryngo. PI. 4 foot. $ 
40 E. rra’ccrpum (Hook. et Arn. in bot. mise. 3. p. 350.) 
radical leaves flaccid, on long petioles, deeply pinnatifid ; seg- 
ments linear, spinescent, bent downwards ; stem slender, panicl 
at the apex; leaves of involucrum linear-lanceolate, stiff, aowa 
quite entire, about equal in length to the head of flowers, whic 
is elliptic; paleæ hardly equal in length to the flowers. ©. ™ 
Native of Buenos Ayres. 
Flaccid-leaved Eryngo. PI. 4 foot. 
41 E. coronarum (Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 350.) | 
radical leaves lanceolate, spinosely pinnatifid ; segments yore 
late-subulate, spreading ; stem panicled at the top, many-hea ge 
leaves of involucrum linear-subulate, spiny, quite entire, T 
flexed, about equal in length to the head, which is cylindrical; | 
palez oblong, acute, pale, equal in length to the flowers, th@* | 
$ ache $ e 
or 4 superior ones protruding in long horns, which emulate the | 
leaves of the involucrum. 2. H. Native of Buenos Ayres. | 
Stem 6-8 inches high. 
Crowned-headed Eryngo. Pl. 4 to $ foot. 
42 E, uu'mite (Cav. ann. p.115. icon. t. 556. f. I) radical 
leaves on long petioles, oval-oblong, spiny-serrated ; esni 
leaves 1 or 2, oblong, sessile, serrated ; stems bearing only 
head of flowers, shorter than the radical leaves; leaves of invo- 
lucrum 10, ovate-lanceolate, tridentate at the apex, colonna 
above, exceeding the head of flowers, which is globose kr E 
pressed at the apex; paleæ entire. Y.G. Native of ut 
on the mountains of Chimborazo and St. Antonio, E. bim 
a, Laroch. eryng. p.55. Tratt. arch. t. 763. 55 
Var. B ; leaves of involucrum entire. Laroch. eryng: P: **' 
H. B. et Kunth, l.c. On the mountains of Pichinca and Antr | 
sana. ŒE. ranunculoìdes, Willd. herb. 
Humble Eryngo. Pl. 4 foot. 
43 E. stELLA`rUM (Mutis, in Laroch. eryng. p. 55. t- 25.) | 
lower leaves petiolate, linear-lanceolate, crenated : uppe" er? 
sessile, opposite ; branches elongated, bearing 1 head of pore 
each; leaves of involucrum ovate, spiny-toothed, disolo 
exceeding the head; paleæ subulate, exceeding the flow 
