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Porlezuela, in declivitatibus montium. Alt. 5000 ad 

 10,000 ped. Gillies. 



This is a very variable plant, especially in the length of its 

 leaves, and in the umbels being solitary and terminal upon a 

 branch, or with lateral ones : all about equal in length with 

 the leaves. This and the preceding are called Dichillo in 

 the country where they grow. I find no umbels proliferous, 

 as in Cavanilles' figure : but in other respects the plants 

 entirely accord. — Near Uspallata, Dr. Gillies found a variety 

 with purplish flowers. 



3. Mulinum iilicinum, [Gill, et Hook.) \ foliis trifidiis laciniis 



subulatis spinosis, urabella subsessili in ramulis brevibus 

 terminali, fructibus ellipticis. (Tab. LXIV.) 

 Hab. Prope " La Cienega de Bonillo," in summum fere 

 jugum montium Uspalatensium. Alt. 9500 ped. Gillies. 



Frutex humilis, odorifera, omnino glabra, valde ramosa, ramis 

 primariis subdigitalibus, flexuosis, rigidis, valde intricatis, 

 secundariis brevissimis, lateralibus numerosis, ubique 

 dense foliosis. Folia vix uncium longa, rigidissima, basi 

 vaginantia, amplexicaulia, utrinque, statu juniori, uni- 

 setosa, demum linearia, ad apicem in laciniis tribus brevi- 

 bus, divaricatis, subulatis, spinosis desinentia. UmbellcB 

 terminales ex apicibus ramulorum lateralium, solitarise, 

 fere omnino sessiles. Involucrum e foliolis lineari-sub- 

 ulatis, subsex, basi in tubum brevem connatis. Pedicelli 

 6-8. Flores plurimi abortientes. Calyx e dentibus 5, 

 minutis. Petala ovata, intus medio linea longitudinali 

 elevata notata, apice acuto incurvo. Fructus elliptic us, 

 compresso-tetragonus, fere quadri-alatus. 



Tab. LXIV. Fig. 1, Plant: — nat. size. Fig. 2, Leaf. Fig. 

 3, Portion of an umbel. Fig. 4, Petal. Fig. 5, Fruit. 

 Fig. 6, Carpel, seen on its inner face. Fig. 7, Sec- 

 tion of the entire fruit : — all but Jig. 1 more or less mag- 

 nijied. 



4. Mulinum albovaginatum, {Gill, et Hook.); foliis trifidis 



