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laciniis ovato-lanceolatis mucronatis, umbella axillari par- 

 viflora sessili. 



Hab. Apud " Cerro de la Polcura," in Andibus versus Men- 

 dozam. Gillies. 



Of this very distinct species there are few and very indifferent 

 specimens in Dr. Gillies' collection, and the root and lower 

 part of the stems are altogether wanting. Those that exist 

 are branched in a dichotomous manner, the branches clothed 

 with the long, white, shining, membranaceous sheaths to the 

 leaves. The leaves themselves are sometimes slightly hairy : 

 the segments of the leaves greatly broader and less rigid than 

 in the preceding species. Fruit as in M. ulicinum. 



In the branches and leaves this species has much similarity 

 to the Selinum microphyllum of Cav. Ic. tab. 486, but in that 

 plant the umbels are borne upon comparatively long terminal 

 peduncles. 



5. LARETIA. Gill, et Hook. 

 Cat. margo 5-dentatus. Pet. ovata, Integra {Jide Cavan.) 

 Fructus elliptico-quadratus, a dorso plano-compressus, 

 quadrialatus. Carpella lenticularia, jugis 5 dorsalibus, 2 

 lateralibus marginalibus, evittata. Semen complanatum. — 

 Umbellae sessiles, involucratce. Planta fere acaulis dense 

 ccBspitosa. Folia Integra. 



1. Laretia «ca«</«5, {Gill, et Hook.) (Tab. LXV.) 



Selinum acaule. Cav. Ic. v. 5. t. 487. f. 2. 



Mulinum acaule. Pers. S?jn. PL v. 1. p. 309. 



Hab. In Andibus Chilensibus, ad vallem del Pray Carlos, 

 prope radices montium ignivomarum " Peteroa" et " Pen- 

 quenes." Alt. 10,000 ad 11,000 ped. Gillies. Norn, 

 vernac. Liar eta. 



Radix crassiuscula, lignosa, subfusiformis, longe descendens, 

 hie illic fibrosa. Caules brevissimi, fere nulli, densissime 

 csespitosi, apud terram declinati. Folia numerosa, in 

 rosulas expansa, oblongo-lingulata, inferne attenuata, basi 

 vaginato-amplexicaulia. Umbella terminalis, pauciflora, 

 sessilis, involucre polyphyllo, e foliolis ovato-lanceolatis 



