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foliis angustis lanceolatis sessilibus asperrimis dentato- 

 pinnatifidis, spicis oblongis, calycibus elongatis post an- . 

 thesin tortis.- 

 Hab* Prope summum jugum " Uspallata ; " apud « Cerro 

 del Portezuelo:" alt. 10,000 ped. 



The leaves in shape resemble those of V. canescens. Hum- 

 boldt (but the flowers are quite different), and are hispid in 

 our plant. The flowers, indeed, are like those of V* Lamberti 

 Ker, but the foliage is totally at variance. Corolla twice the 

 length of the very long calyx, yellowish. 



19. Yevhena erinoides ; caule ascendente ramoso hirto, foliis 

 tripartito-laciniatis hirsutis, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis sub- 

 dentatis, spicis axillaribus solitariis laxis, bracteis calycem 

 aequantibus patulis. Spreng. 



Verbena erinoides. ^^ Willd. Enum. 686, 12." Spreng. Syst 

 Veget v. 2. p. 750. 



Verbena multifida. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. v. !• p. 21. t 



33. 



c. 



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Erinus laciniatus. Linn. Sp. PL p. 879. 



Lychnidea Verbenae tenuifoliae folio, vulgo Sandia-Laguen. 

 FeuilUe Per. v. 3. t 25. 



Hab. Frequens in provinciis Bonarise, Mendozse et Chile, 

 usque ad alt. 8000 ped. 



Extremely variable in the relative length and breadth of 

 the leaves : trifid or multifid, the segments narrow and linear, 

 or sometimes ovate and more or less hairy or hispid. The 

 following varieties may be enumerated : 



06. foliis ovato-lanceolatis inciso-serratis vix trifidis. 

 /3. foliis profunde trifidis subtripartitisve, laciniis incisis, 

 ultimis ovatis lanceolatisve. (F. multifida^ Ruiz et Pavon^ 

 . V. 1, p. 22. t. 23. / c.) 



y. foliis tripartitis, laciniis inciso-pinnatifidis ultimis liueari- 

 oblongis acutis. 



3. foliis bipinnatifidis, segmentis panels linearibus elongatis, 

 vel etiam foliorum segmentis angusto-linearibus. 





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