Puate 2766. 
ERYN GIUM PECTINATUM, Presi. 
UMBELLIFER. 
E. (§ Spinescentes) pectinatum, | Presi, ex DC. Prodr. iv. p. 
6 ; 
inter species vis, involucri 
bracteis angustis alte plurispinosis sat distincta. 
Herba erecta, glabra, circiter 3 ped. alta, caule 3-4 lin. diametro, 
ase alternis vel terminalibus ternis monocephalis. Folia rigida, 
nnatim spinoso-lobata, lobis vel spinis longioribus sesquipollicaribus ; ; 
radivalia 10-15 poll. longa, absque spinis usque a in. lata, supra 
nudis. Involucri bractee sepius circiter 7—9, rigidissime 
longe, reflexee, utrimque 1- vel 2-spinose, spinis 2-4 lin. longis. Palee 
rigidissim, mucronatz, flores excedent Calycis dentes “late ovati, 
apiculati. Petala apice denticulata. Stamina quam petala inflexa 
multo longiora. Styli divergentes, quam stamina ane Carpella 
(matura non visa), apice tantum =i OR teiRENE 3 Vitte 5, quarum 
commissurales, vel 6, 3 commissurales 
Iexico: in terris Mexicanis Raison Haenke ; Forét del 
Desierto Viejo, Vallée de sey res , Bourgeau, 1177 ; near Ozumba, 
State of Mexico, Rose & Hay, 5 
Through the courtesy of Dr. je ieee von Beck, Professor of Botany 
in the German Univers rsity at Prague, I have been able to examine the 
original specimen of £. pectinatwm, Presl, and compare it with the rich 
i and 
trict, and Rose & Hay’s is the one figured. £. p tinatum is one 
the most distinct species of the group ‘to which it eer but Lodsiniat 
have named at least half-a-dozen different species canara the 
name being more or less applicable to the leaves in each instance. 
E. pectinatum, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p, 38=2. columnare, msl. 
Te. Pl. t. 2511. . pectinatum, Coulter et Rose in Donnell Smith 
* Admirably executed, almost facsimile drawings of this and many other — 
received on loan have been made by Miss M. Smith for the Kew collection 
