Arctopus. 



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i. A. echinatus L. Spec. pl. ed. \. (1753) 1058; Lam. Encycl. mah. Bot. IV. («796) 

 674; Spreng, in Rom. et Schult. Syst. veg. VI. (1820) Mb', Thunb. Fl. cap. ed. Schult. 

 (1823) «97; Bot. Reg. IX. (1823) t. 705; Sond. in llarv. et Sond. Fl. cap, II. (1862) 564; 

 Herb. Willd, n. 19262. — Valerianoides cortttsae MathioU etc. Pluk. mant. (1700) 166, 



Fig. 42. Arctopus echinatus L. A Habitus pl. (^. — B Umbeliula (5. — Flos (J. — D Petalum. 

 — E Plantae Q babitus. — F Umbeliula Q juvenilis. — O Involucelli phyilum. — H Fruclus 

 juvenilis. — J Umbeliula Q. — K Fruetus maturus a venire visus. — L Mericarpium a facie 

 Visum. — M Fruetus juvenilis a latere visus. — N Fruetus transverse sectus. (Icon. origin.) 



t. 271. — Arctopus foliis supertic spinis etc. Burm. Rar. afr. pl. (1738) t. 1. — 

 Hadix 2 — 4 cm crassa. Folia numcrosa in sicco coriacea, dura; petiolus planus multi- 

 uervius, ad 5 mm latus, basi 10 — 12 mm late membranaceo-vaginatus, ca. 5 cm longus; 

 lamina e basi obtuse cuneata suborbicularis, in Fol exter. ad 6 cm longa et lata, in 

 fol. inter. minor, ferc usque ad medium 3-loba, lobo medio quam laterales usque duplo 



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