Mr. J. Miers on the Calyceracese. 403 



vissimo ; pedunculus terminalis 1 poll, long., apice incrassatus ; 

 capitulum fere 1 poll, diam., semiglobosum ; involucrum fere ad 

 basin 5-7-partitum, laciniia patentibus j palese setacese vel spa- 

 thulatse, ovaria concreta excedentes; corollse tubus gracilis, 

 2^ lin. long.; limbus infundibuliformis, ultra medium 5-partitus, 

 tubo fere sequilongus, segmenta oblonga, acuta*. 



3. Acicarpa bupleuroides, Less. Linn. vi. 527; — erecta, glabra, 

 dichotome ramosa ; foliis oblongo-obovatis, basi in petiolum 

 alatum subamplexicaulem angustatis, obtusis, integerrimis 

 vel apice subdentatis, reticulato-venosis ; capitulis terminali- 

 bus; involucro insequaliter 5-foliolato, foliolis lineari-elon- 

 gatis, calyce corollaque 4-lobis. — Brasilia meridionalis, in 

 uliginosis (Sello). 



Species mibi invisa, ex descriptione autem cl. Lessingii ab 

 alteris manifeste distincta; herba perennis, lj-4ped. alt., habitu 

 Bupleuri rotundifolii ; capitulum parvum, eo Artemisia Absinthii 

 vix majus ; folia alterna, remota, 6 poll, long., 1 \ poll. lat. 



4. Acicarpa procumbens, Less. Linn. vi. 527; — glaberrima, cau- 

 libus plurimis, procumbentibus, valde ramosis ; foliis lineari- 

 spathulatis, in petiolum planum attenuatis, integerrimis, mu- 

 cronulatis, glaucis, membranaceis, 3-nerviis, nervis superne 

 immersis, subtus prominulis; pedunculis monocepbalis, pri- 

 mum terminalibus, demum lateralibus, folio brevjoribus ; 

 involucri segmentis 6, floribus brevioribus, integerrimis, ob- 

 longo-ellipticis, patentibus, insequalibus. — Brasilia meridio- 

 nalis, v. s. in herb. Hook. (Sello). 



Planta habitu ad A. spathulatam accedens ; folia remo- 

 tiora, fusciora, angustiora, membranacea, et capitula multo mi- 

 nora; caules 6-12 poll, long., debiles; folia 1-1 J poll, long., 

 2-4 lin. lat. ; petiolus angustus ; pedunculi teretes, oppositifolii, 

 fere 1 poll. long. ; capitula semiglobosa, 5 lin. diam. ; involucri 

 foliola 2 lin. long., 1 lin. lat., acuta f. 



5. Acicarpa tribuloides, B. Br. /. c. ; — Acicarpha tribuloides, Juss. 

 Ann. Mus. ii. 348, tab. 58. fig. 1 ; Rich. Mem. Mus. vi. 45, 

 tab. 11; DC. Prodr. v. 3; — Cryptocarpha tribuloides, Cass. 

 Diet. xii. 85 ; — subdecumbens, dichotome subramosa ; foliis 

 cuneato-oblongis, obtusis, sinuato-dentatis aut lacerato-incisis, 

 laciniis mucronatis, glaberrimis, submembranaceis, valde re- 

 ticularis, inferioribus spathulatis, superioribus sessilibus, et 

 basi latiore semi-amplexicaulibus. — In Provinciis Argentinis, 

 v. v. ad Zanjon, Prov. Cordovse. 



Species adprsecedentem et sequentem proxime accedens; apriore 



* A drawing of this plant is given in the ' Contributions,' Plate 51a. 

 t This plant is represented in Plate 51 c. 



