Plate 2508. 



ERYNGIURl SPARGANOPHYLLUM, Hemd. 



Umbellifer.e. 



E. sparganophyllum, Hems/, (sp. nov.) ; species insignis, inermis, 

 folns linearibus longissimis, involucri bracteis paleis simillimis. 



Caulis erectus, ut videtur pluripedalis, supra medium bis terve di- 

 trichotomo-ramosus, foliis ad ramificationes paucis parvis bracteiformi- 

 bus dentatis exceptis aphyllus, leviter sulcatus, atque folia undique 

 glabcr. Folia radicalia indivisa, angustissima, fere linearis, acuta, 

 3-4 ped. longa, mollia, spongiosa, aculeis paucissimis minimis exceptis 

 inermia, striata, siccitate arete involuta. Capitvla pauca, oblongo- 

 ovoidea, 6-12 lin. longa, distincte pedunculata. Involucri bracteo 

 atque paleee ovato-lanceolatee, spinoso-acuininatae, sed vix rigid®, inter- 

 num bracteis paucis exterioribus angustioribus paleas paulo exceden- 

 tibus ; palea? flores paulo excedentes. Calycis (hates ovati, apiculati, 

 f ructiferi late patentes, circiter ^ lin. longi. Petala won visa. Car pel! a 

 oblonga, absque calycis dentibus 2 lin. longa, longitudinaliter sub- 

 triangulata, ad anguloa squamis magnis luxe cellularibus spongiosis 

 ornate, inter angulos squamis minoribus vestita, stylis calycis dentes 

 persistentes superantibus divaricatis ; vittse parvse, ad commissuram 2, 

 inter jugum dorsale et 2 lateralia solitaria?.— JS. longifdium, A. Gr. 

 PI. Wright, ii. p. 65, non Cav. 



New Mexico : Las Plavas Springs, near the Sierra de los Aminos 

 Wright, 1103. 



This is so very distinct, and so very different from E. longi folium, 



Car., that one wonders why it was referred to that species. — W. Dot- 

 ting He ms ley. 



some of the sc.ile-like appendages.—-/// enlarged. 



