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oblonga, erecta, acumine petali longitudine arctissime 

 inflexo, calycem vix excedentia. Styli longe exserti, 

 filifbrmes, erecti. Germen setis paleaceis appressis 

 aculeatum. 



The present species is allied to E. ehracteatum of Lamarck, 

 and Delaroche, Eryng. t. 32, in habit, and especially in the 

 capitula being destitute of involucre; but it differs in the 

 abundant spinides upon its leaves, the globose, not oblong, 

 head o^ flowers, and the mucronated calycine segments. 



# # Nervis fljlionim ramosis. 

 4. Eryngium nudicaule ; foliis radicalibus obovatis in petio- 

 lum attenuatis grosse spinoso-seri'atis, serraturis iterum 

 spinulosis, caule dichotomo subaphyllo, involucris lan- 

 ceolatis spinosis capitula rotunda asquantibus, paleis sub- 

 ulatis. 



E. nudicaule. Lam. Encycl. v. 4>. p. 759. f. 187. f. 2. {male.) 

 Delaroche Eryng. p. 51. 



Hab. In provincia Sancti Ludovici, in summum ferejugum 

 montium " Cerro del Morro." Alt. 4500 ped. Gillies. 

 Delaroche's description is made from specimens gathered 

 at Monte Video by Commerson. They quite agree with the 

 individuals in Dr. Gillies's herbarium ; but the figure in 

 Lamarck's Cyclop, is a very indifferent one, it must be con- 

 fessed. 



The other Utnbellijerous plants in Dr. Gillies's collection 

 are the following; and they are probably introduced from 

 Europe. L Apium graveolens. Linn. Mendoza and Cor- 

 dova. — 2. Petroselinum sativum. Hofl'm. Mendoza. — 3. He- 

 losciadium lateriflorum. Koch. Buenos Ayres. — 4. Ammi 

 Visnaga. Lam. a. major. Maritime provinces of Chili. /3. 

 minor. River Saladillo, in Cordova. — 5. Foeniculum vidgare. 

 Gcsrtn. Mendoza and Buenos Ayres. — 6. Daucus Cai'ota. 

 Linn. Mendoza. — 7. Myrrhis odorata. Scop. Vallies of the 

 Andes of Chili and of Mendoza. — 8. Coriandrum sativum. 

 Linn. Pampas of Buenos Ayres. 



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