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laciniis ovato4anceolatis mucronatis, utnbella axillari par- 



viflora sessili. 



Hab, Apucl " Cerro de la Polciira/* in Andibus versus Men- 

 dozam. Gillies. 



Of this very distinct species there are few and very Indifferent 

 specimens in Dr. Gillies' collection, and the root and lower 

 part of the stems are altofrether vvantiiifj. Those that exist 



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are branched in a dichotomous manner, the branches clothed 

 with the long, white, shining, membranaceous sheaths to the 

 leaves. The leaves themselves are sometimes slightly hairy; 

 the segments of the leaves greatly broader and less rigid than 

 m the preceding species. Fruit as in M. ulicinum. 



In the branches and leaves this species has much similarity 

 to the Selijium microphyllum of Cav. Ic. tab. 48G, but in that 

 plant the umbels are borne upon comparatively long terminal 

 peduncles. 



5. LARETIA. GiU. et Hook. 



Cat margo 5-dentatus. Pet. ovata, Integra [fide Camn.) 

 Fnictus elliptico-quadratus, a dorso plano-compressus, 

 quadrialatus. Carpella lenticularia, jugis 5 dorsalibus, 2 

 lateralibus marglnalibus, evittata. Semen complanatum. 

 Umbellse sessiles, involiicratcB. Planta fere acauUs dei 

 caspitosa. Folia integra. 



1. Laretia acaulis, {Gill, et Hook.) (Tab. LXV.) 



Selinum acaule. Cav. Ic. v. 5. t. 487. / 2. 



Mulinum acaule. Pers. Syn. PI v. 1. P- 309. 



Hab. In Andibus Chilensibus, ad vallem del Fray Carlos, 

 prope radices montlum Ignivomarum " Peteroa" et " Pen- 

 quenes." Alt. 10,000 ad 11,000 ped. Gillies. Nom. 

 vernac. Llareta. 



Radix crassluscula, licrnosa, subfuslformis, longe descendens, 

 hie illic fibrosa. Caides brevissimi, fere nulli, densissime 

 caespltosi, apud terram declinati. Folia numerosa, m 

 rosulas expansa, oblongo-lingulata, inferne attenuata, basi 

 vaginato-amplexicaulla. Umbella termlnalis, pauciflora, 

 sessilis, invclucro polypbyllo, e foliolis ovato-lanceolatis 



