Plate 2540. 



ERYNGIUM LEPTOPODUM, H^nsJ. 



Umbellifer/e. 



E. leptopodum, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species ex affinitate E. Ronplandi 

 sed gracilior foliis breviter petiolatis capitulis oblongis carpellis fere 

 esquamatis. 



Perenne ? omnino glabrum, caulibus erectis 6-15 poll, altis subaphyllis 

 simplicibus 1-3 furcatis gracillimis fere filiformibus. Folia herbacea, 

 crassiuscula, petiolata, petiolo basi vaginante, ovato-oblonga, cum 

 petiolo 1-3 poll, longa, basi cuneata truncata vel cordata, crenata 

 margine incrassato. Capitula longe graciliterque pedunculata, oblonga 

 vel ovoidea, 3-5 lin. longa. Involucri bractece subulatae vel ovata*, 

 integne vel bidentata?, flores vix excedentes. Palea> bracteis similes 

 vix rigidte. Carpella (matura non visa), cum calyce vix lineam longa, 

 apicem versus paucisquamosa. 



Mexico : Real del Monte, State of Mexico, Coulter, 106, 1152 ; Paso 

 Nuevo, Eltrenberg, 177. 



I have only seen this in the Kew and Berlin herbaria. It is remark- 

 able among its allies for extreme slenderness and almost complete 



absence of scales on the fruit. The dissections of E. Bonplandi are 

 from the type specimen in the Paris herbarium labelled Santa Rosa, 

 Guanaxuato, Bonpland. — W. Bottint; Hemsley. 



Fig. 1, a bract ; 2, a pale ; 3, a flower ; 4, a petal ; o, a stamen -of E. leptopodum, 

 Hemsl. 



Fig. 6, a bract; 7, a pale ; 8, a fruit ; 9. a carpel; 10, a transverse section of the 

 same — of EL Bonplandi, Delar. All enlarged. 



