Plate 2510. 



ERYNGIUM GALEOTTII, Heuisl. 



Umdellifer/E. 



E. Galeottii, ffemsl. (sp m nor.) ; species ex aflinitate E. paucisqua- 

 most, a quo differt imprimis foliia lanceolatis et invohicri bracteis acn- 

 leato-dentatis. 



Pprennel glabrum, subinerme, radice tuberosa, tuberihus cylinclricis. 

 Caules subsimplices, graeiles, li-2 ped. alti. 1-3-cephali. Folia 

 crassa, subcoriacea, vix rigida, radicalia (vel caulina inferiora) longis- 

 sime petiolata, lanceolata, cum petiolo 5-7 poll, longa, acuminata, baai 

 rotundata, crenato-dentata, superiora sessilia, angusta, sursum grada- 

 tim minora, aculeato-dentata, bracteiformia Capitu/a erecta, gracili- 

 ter peclunculata, globosa vel oblonga, absque bracteis circiter 6 lin. 

 diametro. Invohicri bract ew 5-7, rigida*, lanceolatae, 3-6 lin. longse, 

 acutse, pungentes, sa^pius aculeato-dentatce, dentibus 2-6 uuequalibus. 

 Paleat angusta, fere subulatse, pungentes, flores paulo superantes, in- 



curvae. CaJycis lobi oblongo-lanceolati, longe eu^pidato-acuminati. 



Styli elongati, divaricati. Carpella (matura non visa) subtriangularia, 



ubique squamosa, squamis secus angulos longioribus acutis. — E. micro* 



cephalum, Willd. ? Hemsl. in Biol. Centr.-Am., Bot. i. p. 563 ; E. 



Ghiesbreghtii, Coult. et Rose in Contrib. U. 8. Nat Herb. iii. p. 299, 

 non Decne. 



Mexico : Cordillera of Oaxaca at 7,000 to 8,000 feet, i.'aJeotti, 2767 ; 

 Pringle, 4746. 



I find that Schlechtendal and Chamisso (Linncea, v. p. 207) reduce 

 E. microcephalum, Willd. to E. Bonplandi, Delar., the type of Avhich I 

 have since seen in the Paris Herbarium. It differs in having small 

 ovate-oblong leaves, very short, entire bracts, papillose carpels, and 

 remarkably long, ivflexed styles. E. Gh%esbreghtii, Decne., differs 

 strikingly in having cordate leaves. — W. Botting Hemslev. 



Fig. 1, a bract; 2, a pale; 3, a flower; 4, a petal: 5, a stamen; 6, crofs 

 section of a mericarp. — All enlarged. 



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