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calycini acuti, hyalini, carinati, carinis cum angulis ovarii 

 continuis *. 



6. Boopis (?) australis, Dene. Voy. Pole Sud, Bot. ii. 87, tab. 18 b; 

 Acarpha Australis, Griseb. Diagn. PI. Lechler. 38; Walp. 

 Ann. v. 142 ; — csespitosa, caule brevi, e scapis centralibus 3-4 

 ad medium inter se accretis ; scapis dehinc alternatim liberis, 

 imo et infra capitulum foliiferis, scapis alteris brevissimis, in 

 externa serie plurimis, cum foliis radicalibus enatis, summo 

 sub capitulo folio unico longo lineari munitis, omnibus 

 radiantibus, et monocephalis ; foliis radicalibus plurimis, ro- 

 sulatis, divaricatis, capitula longe superantibus, caulinisque 

 brevioribus, anguste linearibus, summo paulo latioribus, ob- 

 tusis, subcarnosis, integris, enerviis; capitulis parvis; invo- 

 lucro 7-8-fido, segmentis linearibus subinsequalibus flores 

 superantibus. — Ad Fretum Magellanicum : — v.s. in herb. Mus. 

 Paris, et in herb. Hook. ; in Penins. Brunswick ad " Packet 



. Harbour" (Lechler, 1143). 



Planta cum foliis expansis 5 poll. diam. ; folia radicalia 2-2f 

 poll, long., 1 lin. lat., superne paulo latiora, et hinc subspathu- 

 lata; caules 9-12 lin. long., 1^ lin. lata, compressa; scapi 3-6 

 lin. long., | lin. lat., compressi; capitula juniore setate, 3 lin. 

 diam. ; involucri segmenta 7-8, insequalia, 2J-4 lin. long., 

 1 lin. lat.; flores 1-1 \ lin. long. Paleas paucas distincte vidi, 

 lineari-spathulatas, carnosas, virides, florum longitudine. Ovaria 

 creberrima, profunde 5-angulata, in juniore setate angulis late 

 alseformibus, diaphanis, arete congestis, et imo inter se vix ad- 

 hserentibus. Clar. Grisebach, qui fructus vidit, dixit, " achenia 

 pentagona inferne transversim rugosa," et inde libera ; idcirco 

 species ad Boopidem retuli f. 



7. Boopis graminea, Phil. Linn, xxviii. 707; — perennis, gla- 

 berrima ; foliis radicalibus confertis, elongato-linearibus, ob- 

 tusiusculis, integerrimis, erectis, basin versus angustatis, 

 carnosis, uninerviis; scapo erecto, longissimo, tereti, striato, 

 monocephalo, infra medium foliifero, superne nudo ; involucro 

 circiter 8-phyllo, capitulum sequante ; paleis setaceis; tubo 

 corollse brevi. — In Andibus Chilensibus : — v. s. in herb. Hook., 

 Prov. Maule, Depart. Linares. 



Planta Gamocarphce habitum aliquanto simulat, sed, e recepta- 

 culo et paleis, ad hoc genus nullo modo convenit ; in aspectu 

 omnibus prsecedentibus valde dissimilis, nihilominus structuca 

 floralis cum Boopide satis congruat. Radix alba, 3^ lin. crassa; 



* This plant is shown in the ' Contributions,' Plate 47 a. 

 t A representation of this species is given in Plate 47 b. 



