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oblonga, erecta, acumine petal! longitudine arctissime 

 inflexo, calycem vix excedentia. Styli longe exscrti, 

 filiformes, erecti. Germen setis paleaceis appressis 

 aculeatum. 



The present species is allied to E. ehracteatum of Lamarck, 

 and Delarochej Eryng. t. 32, in habit, and especially in the 

 capitula beinsj destitute of involucre; but it differs in tlje 



abundant spinuhs upon its leaves, the globose, not oblong, 

 head oi flowers, and the mucronated calycine segments. 



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Nervis foUorum ranwsis. 



4. Eryngium nudicaule ; foliis radlcalibus obovatis in petio- - 



lum attenuatis grosse spinoso-serratis, serraturis iterum 



spinulosis, caule dichotomo subaphyllo, involucris lan- 



ceolatis spinosis capitula rotunda aquantibus, paleis sub- 

 ulatis. 



E. nudicaule. Lain. Encycl v. 4. p. 759. t 187. / 2. {male.) 



Delaroche Eryng. p. bl, 

 Hab. In provincia Sancti Ludovici, in sumnium fere jugum 



montium " Cerro del Morro." Alt. 4500 ped. Gillies. 

 Delaroche's description is made from specimens gathered 

 at Monte Video by Commerson. They quite agree with the 

 individuals in Dr. Gillies's herbarium; but the figure in 

 I-amarck's Cyclop, is a very indifferent one, it must be con- 

 fessed. 



The other Umbelliferous plants in Dr. Gillies's collection 

 are the following; and they are probably introduced from 

 Europe. 1. Apium graveolens. Linn. Mendoza and Cor- 

 dova.— 2. Petroselinura sativum. Hoffm. Mendoza.— 3. He- 

 losciadium lateriflorum. Koch. Buenos Ayres.— 4. Ammi 

 ^isnaga. Lam. «. major. Maritime provinces of Chili. ?. 

 ^inor. River Saladillo, in Cordova.— 5. Foeniculum vulgare. 

 Gcertn. Mendoza and Buenos Ayres.— 6. Daucus Carota. 



Linn. Me 



Myrrh is odorata 

 »f Mendoza. — 8. 



L^nn. Pampas of Buenos Ayres. 



Vallies of the 

 Coriandrum sativum. 



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