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reflexed broad segments of the border are 1 line in length ; it is 

 thin in texture and pale when dried ; the filaments are inserted 

 above the basal contraction of the tube, are hirsute below, slender 

 and smooth above, and attain the length of the segments of the 

 bordel: : the berries are small, apparently red, 2 lines in diameter, 

 and contain eight seeds, which are flattened ; these have a heh- 

 cally spiral embryo*. 



Sp. 55 ad 58. 



fasciculo pilomm donata 



M) 



virgato-ramosum, ramulis hel- 



volis, striatis, pilosis, patentibus, tenuiter spinosis, inferioribus 

 submidis, superioribus foliiferis, axillis nodosis approximatis, 

 spinis acicularibus, gemmiferis ; foliis fasciculatis (2-5) ob- 

 longis, apice acutis, basi in petiolum brevissimum cuneatis, 

 valde crassis, utrinque pilosis, pilis brevibus articulatis, non- 

 nuUis apice glandulosis ; floribus solitariis, pedunculo brevi, 

 calyce majusculo, glanduloso-piloso, pedunculo 3plo longiore, 

 tubuloso, ultra medium 5-fido, segmentis rigidis, lanceolatis, 

 acutissimis j corolla glabra, tubo infundibuliformi calyce «qm- 

 longo, limbi laciniis fere dimidio brevioribus, oblongis ; sta- 

 minibus 5, longe exsertis, filamentis medio tubi insertis, hmc 

 geniculatis et glabris, mox infra faucem fasciculo pilorum bar- 

 batis, et ore claudentibus, 2 longioribus apice hmbi attmgen- 

 tibus, 3 paullulo brevioribus.— Circa Mendozam.— r. v.f 



Tbis plant, gathered- by me in the Travesia of Mendoza, in the 

 year 1826, is certainly a distinct species: it bears greatly he 

 Lbit of L. tenuispino^m, but its branches are straighter, the 

 spines stronger, the leaves larger, the calyx of much greater size 

 aSd more ri|id in its texture, and the stamens are of different 

 structure. It is at once distinguished by its peculiar ca yx. The 

 spines measure 2 lines, the leaves, includmg the petioles, are 3 

 lines long and 1 hue broad ; the peduncle is 1 line ; the calyx 

 3 lines in length, the tubular portion bemg only | l^^e ,• the tube 

 of the corolla measures 3 lines, the segments of the border 



2 lines. 



13. parvifolium, Gill. MSS 



plant, becoming with age more glabrous; the leaves are more 

 Car, smaller, 2 i to 3 lines long, \ hne broad: the flowers do 

 not differ from the former in size or structure ; it was found by 

 not amev iiom t ,,rp.sprved m S r Wm. Hooker's 



herbarimn. 



/ 



; Hpr ntstr onS ;Kn. »* ^^y.« r, give. f. plate 7 1 D. 



