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uniserialibus, circiter 7, lineari-oblongis, acutis, membranaceis, 

 erectis, parallele nervosis, subinsequilongis, 3-5 lin. long., 1-1^ 

 lin. lat. ; receptaculum planum, minimum, epaleolatum, areola- 

 tum, pauciflorum; achsenium centrale unicum, spinigerum, 1J 

 lin. long., profunde angulatum, spinis 5, subulatis, subsequali- 

 bus, subdivaricatis, imo incrassatis, cum angulis lsevibus con- 

 tinuis, 3-4 lin. long. ; achsenia exteriora circiter 8, inermia, 1 

 lin. long, et lat., 5-angulata, in sulcis transversim rugosa ; flores 

 in externa serie abortivi et immutati *. 



5. Anomocarpus leucanthemus ; — Boopis leucanthema, Pop. Nov. 

 Gen. i. 21, tab. 34 ; Lessing, Linn. vi. 259 ; DC. Prod. v. 2 ; 

 Remy in Gay, Chile, iii. 250 ; Weddell, Chi. And. ii. 8 ; — Leu- 

 cocera annua, Turcz. Flor. B. Zeit. xxxi. 712 ; Waif. Ann. ii. 

 807; — Acicarpba hnat3i,Lag.Pers.E?ich. ii.438 ; DC. I.e. 3; — 

 herba pusilla, radice fusiformi, caule ssepius e basi ramoso, 

 ramisque gracilibus, flexuosis, dense cano-lanuginosis ; foliis 

 pinnatifidis, laciniis patentibus rachique anguste linearibus, 

 glaberrimis, crassis, calloso-mucronatis, radicalibus longe pe- 

 tiolatis, caulinis tertia parte brevioribus; pedunculis opposi- 

 tifoliis, lanuginosis ; involucro campanulato, profunde 5-8- 

 fido, laciniis insequalibus, linearibus, mucronatis, glabris, flores 

 superantibus. — In Andibus Chilensibus, in scaturiginosis, v. s. 

 in herb. Mus. Paris, et Hook. ; in excelsis Cordillera de Antuco, 

 Prov. Arauco (Poppig) ; Cordillera de Colchagua (Bridges, 

 1186-1187) ; circa Talca (Germain). 



Species habitu generis Acicarphce valde similis, sed differt 

 achaeniis omnibus liberis et dissimilibus, involucro libero, profunde 

 laciniato, imo gamophyllo; a Boopide etiam differt achseniis 

 dissimilibus, aliisque longe spinosis. Planta 3-5 poll, alta ; 

 caulis dense lanatus, paulo supra basin ramos plurimos emittens, 

 ramis erectiusculis, prsesertim summo dense lanatis ; folia radi- 

 calia 1 poll. long, incluso petiolo limbo sequilongo, 3-4 lin. lat. ; 

 pedunculi oppositifolii, lanati, in flore 3 lin., in fructu 6-9 lin. 

 long., monocephali; capitula in flore hemisphserica, 3 lin. diam., 

 in fructu globosa, 4-5 lin. diam. ; involucrum glabrum, immu- 

 tatum, demum reflexum ; receptaculum semiglobosum, foveatum, 

 J lin. diam., paleis persistentibus spathulato-setaceis sparsis 

 onustum. Corolla tubo gracili viridi, limbo expanso albo 5- 

 partito sequilongo; segmenta linearia, acuta. Acha3nia omnia 

 usque ad basin libera, creberrima, fusca, inermia et spinigera 

 intermixta, obconica, profunde 5-angulata, in sulcis transversim 

 rugosa, 1^ lin. long., lobis calycinis stellatim radiatis, naviculi- 

 formibus, acutis ; alia majora, 2 lin. long., brunnea, straminea, 



* Full details of this structure are shown in Plate 49 a. 



