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apice mucronatis, opacis, rigide coriaceis, margine revoluto, 

 utrinque pallidis,costa mediana in angulos caulinos decurrente ; 

 capitulo solitario terminali, longe pedunculato; involucro 

 gamophyllo, late campanulato, submembranaceo, fere ad me- 

 dium 10-fido, laciniis linearibus, acutis, erectis, integris, 

 3-nervatis, apice aciculatis; paleis lineari-lanceolatis, mucro- 

 natis ; floribus sequilongis ; dentibus calycinis membranaceis, 

 ovatis, 1-nerviis, apice obtuse 3-dentatis. — Chile, v.s. in herb, 

 meo et Hooker. ; Patagonia (Capt. King), et in Andibus Men- 

 dozinis (Gillies). 



Species a prsecedente distincta ; differt caule strictiore, foliis 

 longioribus, rigidioribus, segmentis latioribus et crassioribus, 

 substramineis ; pedunculo longissimo solitario ; involucro 10-den- 

 tato. Internodia superiora 1 poll, distantia, inferiora approxi- 

 mata; folia pallide glauca, rigida, lj-lf poll, long., rachi 

 lineari parallele nervoso J lin. lat., laciniis divaricatis 6-8 lin. 

 long., \ lin. lat. ; pedunculus 3£ poll, long., capitulum subglo- 

 bosum ; involucrum hemisphsericum, campanulatum, 6 lin.diam., 

 vix ad medium 10-dentatum, dentibus integris, linearibus; re- 

 ceptaculum minimum, fundo involucri insitum *. 



3. Boopis gracilis, Philippi, Linn, xxviii. 707; — annua, glaber- 

 rima, glauca, polycephala, ramosa, ramis cauleque elongatis, 

 gracilibus; foliis superioribus lineari-spathulatis, pectinatim 

 laciniatis, dentibus utrinque 3-5 remotiusculis, supremis in- 

 tegris, omnibus enerviis ; pedunculis gracilibus, monocephalis ; 

 involucro gamophyllo, campaniformi, ad medium 5-dentato, 

 dentibus late 3-angularibus, flores sequantibus, paleis pau- 

 cissimis, setaceis, achsenio 5-costato, angulis paulo prominulis. 

 — In Andibus Chilensibus : — v. s., Cordillera de Maule, De- 

 part. Linares (Germain). 



Planta habitu Anomocarpi leucanthemi, circa 9-pollicaris ; 

 radix fusiformis, ramosus, 3 poll. long. ; caulis e basi ramosus, 

 ] \ lin. diam. ; rami alterni, iterumque divisi, angulato-striati ; 

 folia inferiora e basi linearia, 12-15 lin. long., ultra medium 

 integra, summum versus dentibus brevibus patentibus remotis 

 laciniata ; folia superiora 6-7 lin. long., ^ lin. lat. ; pedunculi 

 ex axillis superioribus solitarii, monocephali, folio 2-3-plo 

 longiores; capitulum 4J lin. diam.; corolla \\ lin. long., tubo 

 gracillimo, viridi, limbo albo ; achamia albida, ovata, acuta, 5- 

 angulata, in sinubus transversim rugosa, \\ lin. long., diametro 

 paulo minore ; dentes calycini angulis continui, obtusi ; palese 

 persistentes; receptaculum parvum, depresso-conicum, foveatumf. 



*'A representation of this species is given in the 'Contributions/ 

 Plate 46 a. 



t A drawing of this plant will be seen in the same work, Plate 46 b. 



