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mens and petals. The name was an old CJreek 

 one for Eryngium. 



818. Strebl. or Klonion gracile R. Eryn- 

 gium gracile Baldw< in Coll. herb, stem slender 

 costate, leaves all tripartite, segments lanceo- 

 late or cuneate entire, hardly acute, heads spi- 

 nescent pauciflore. — A very distinct sp. from 

 Florida, detected by Baldwin ; but Elliot hav- 

 ing mistaken it, another has been called by his 

 name , see 816. I describe the original speci- 

 mens labelled by Baldwin. Many stems semi- 

 pedal simple probably prostrate, but stiffer than 

 in others, axils of leaves often foliose, peduncles 

 equal to leaves, heads flattened with few flow- 

 ers, some stiff" spinescent chafls at the base in- 

 stead of a perianthe, flowers white. 



810. Strebl. or Klonion tekuifolilm R. 

 Eryngium polycephalum Baldw. in Coll. herb, 

 stems erect dichotome filiform grooved, all the 

 leaves tripartite, segments linear entire ; heads 

 axilary and terminal minute ovate. — In Florida 

 likewise, another very peculiar sp. more slender 

 than the last, but difl'usely branched, with re- 

 mote slender leaves, only 3 to 6 inches high, 

 with many small heads of white flowers. 



820. ATIRSITA Raf. calix campanulate 

 5fid subequal, corolla campanulate Slobed sube- 

 qual, stamens 2 short not exerted, anthers glo- 

 bose, ovary depressed, style very short, stigma 

 emarg, capsule 2locular ? oligosperme. Scapose 

 flowers capitate. — By a most extraordinary 

 blunder of Nuttal and Collins, this apparently N. 

 G. was referred to Eryngium ! by them, altho' 

 it has the habit of Plantago : the ripe fruit is 

 required to settle accurately the family, and all 

 the characters must be verified on the living 

 plant, as I would not destroy my two specimens 



