Plate 2545. 



ERYNGIUM SCHAFFNERI, HemsL 



Umbellifer.e. 

 E. Schaffneri, HemsL («p. nov.) ; ab E. Bonplandi caulibus mono- 



cephalis et foliis oblongis breviter petiolatis differt. 



Perenne, glabrum, subscaposum, radicibus crassis. Scapi nucli vel 

 interdum inferne foliosi, monocephali, interdum basi furcati, 6-18 poll, 

 alti. Folia herbacea, crassa, petiolata, petiolo deorsum vaginante, 

 oblonga, ovato-oblonga vel ligulata, cum petiolo 2-6 poll, longa 

 obscure crenata. Capitula oblongo-ovoidea, circiter 6 lin. lonija. 

 Involucri bractece srepius 7, angustse, 3-4 lin. longse, integne vel infra 

 medium bidentata?, rigidie, pungentes. Palece e basi lata subulate, 

 pungentes, flores superantes. Petala apice insequaliter tridentata. 

 Carpdla (matura non visa) paucisquamosa squamis brevibus vix acutis. 



Mexico : mountains near Guajimalpan, Schaffner, 376 ; in Pine 

 woods, Nevado de Toluca, at 10,000 feet, Pringle, 4283. 



This is another species which I have only seen in the Kew and 

 Berlin herbaria. It has been referred to E. Bonplandi, the fruit of 

 which is figured in plate 2546. — W. Dotting Hemsley. 



Fig. 1, a bract ; 2, a pale ; 3, a flower ; 4, a petal ; 5, a carpel. All enlarged. 



