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2. Nastanthus laciniatus, n. sp. ; — acaulis, e scapis plurimis 

 aggregates csespitosus, radice fusiformi; foliis ovali- vel ob- 

 longo-cuneatis, obtusis, grosse et irregulariter laciniato-den- 

 tatis, 5-nerviis, in petiolum latum et elongatum attenuatis, 

 exterioribus majoribus, radicalibus, scapis longioribus, aliis- 

 que gradatim brevioribus e basi scaporum enatis ; scapis con- 

 gests, subcompressis, carnosis, sicco rubiginosis, saepius nudis, 

 centralibus brevioribus ; capitulo majusculo, involucri foliolis 

 6-8, triangularibus, acutis, serratis, uniserialiter ad recepta- 

 culum accretis; paleis foliaceis, exterioribus majoribus et 

 latioribus, centralioribus minoribus, imo attenuatis. — In 

 Andibus Chilensibus. — v. s. in herb, meo et Hook., Los Palo- 

 mares (Gillies) ; Cordillera Chile (Cuming 326) ; Ojos de 

 Agua (Bridges). 



Radix fusiformis, 3 poll. long. ; caules scaposi, numerosi, pa- 

 tentim radiantes, aggregati, monocephali, 1^-3^ poll. long, 

 (sicci), 3 lin. lati, subpatentes, plantam caespitosam pronam 

 8 poll. diam. efformantes ; folia exteriora (incluso petiolo) 

 2^-3 J poll, long.; lamina oblonga, imo cuneata, 1-1 \ poll. long, 

 et 4-11 lin. lat. utrinque dentibus 4 incisa ; petiolus crassus, 

 margine membranaceus, 2 lin. lat., caulina 1-2 poll, long., pro- 

 fundius laciniata, 3-5 lin. lat.; capitulum 9-11 lin. diam.; 

 involucri foliola 3-angularia, margine integro vel sinuato- 

 dentato *. 



3. Nastanthus pinnatifidus, n. sp. ; — acaulis, e scapis numerosis 

 radicalibus subbrevibus csespitosus ; foliis longe petiolatis, 

 radicalibus, lamina oblongo-lanceolata, sinuato- et pinnato- 

 partita, laciniis lineari-ellipticis, enervi, crasso-carnosa, costa 

 media lata, subtus prominente ; petiolo cum lamina sequilongo 

 vel 2-plo longiore, dilatato, intus concavo, extus convexo; 

 scapis latis, carnosis, petiolo dimidio brevioribus, imo mono- 

 phyllis ; involucri foliolis 3-angulaiibus circiter 8. — In Andi- 

 bus Chilensibus. — v. s. in herb. Hook. (Cuming, 325) ; in 

 herb. Mus. Paris, Cordillera de Coquimbo (Gay). 



Radix crassa; scapi plurimi, aggregati, 1 poll, long., 4 lin. 

 lat., intus plani, extus convexi, simplices, imo foliiferi, in caput 

 hemisphsericum 3 poll, diam., aut cum foliis radiatim expansis 

 8 poll. diam. compacti ; capitulum in flore 6 lin., in fructu 

 10 lin. diam. ; involucri foliola 2-3 lin. long, et lat. Folia ex- 

 teriora 3-4-serialia, 3J poll, long., patentissima ; lamina 1 poll, 

 long., cum laciniis 6 lin. lat., profunde laciniata, laciniis utrin- 



as well as copious analytical details, will be given in the ' Contributions to 

 Botany,' vol. ii. pi. 43. 

 * A scape of this species is represented in the ' Contributions,' Plate 44 a. 



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