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UMBELL1FEILE. XXXI. ERYNGIUM. 



cordate, acutely toothed ; cauline leaves sessile, palmate-parted: 

 lobes lanceolate, spiny-serrated ; leaves of involucrum lanceo- 

 late, spiny-serrated, exceeding the head of flowers, which is 

 nearly globose ; palese tricuspidate, longer than the calyxes. 

 $ . H. Native of Mauritania, Sardinia, Sicily, and the Morea, 

 in cultivated fields and exposed places. Laroch. eryng. p. 

 33. t. 9. Tratt. arch. t. 211. E. Bocconi, Lam. diet. 4. 

 p. 754. Bocc. sic. 88. t. 47. Heads of flowers greenish. 

 Flowers purplish. There are varieties of this species with tall 

 and humble stems ; and with the lobes of the leaves either linear 

 or lanceolate. 



Tricuspidate Eryngo. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1699. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



31 E. ILICIFO'LIUM (Lam. diet. 4. p. 757.) radical leaves and 

 lowef cauline ones on short petioles, obovate, coarsely spiny- 

 toothed ; petioles quite entire ; leaves of involucrum 5-6, dilated 

 at the apex, and coarsely spiny-toothed, exceeding the head of 

 flowers, which is ovate-oblong ; paleae tricuspidate, longer than 

 calyxes. O- H. Native of Mauritania, Spain, and Portugal. 

 Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 419. Desf. all. 1. p. 225. t. 53. Cav. ann. 

 sc. 3. p. 51. Laroch. eryng. p. 34. Heads of flowers blue ? 

 Herb a hand high, stiff. There are varieties of this plant having 

 the leaves of the involucrum cut or pinnatifid. 



Ilex-leaved Eryngo. PI. ^ foot. 



32 E. TE'NUE (Lam. diet. 4. p. 755.) radical leaves obovate- 

 spatulate, deeply toothed : cauline ones palmate-parted : lobes 

 linear, spreading, spiny-toothed; leaves of involucrum linear, 

 spreading, spiny-toothed, exceeding the head of flowers, which 

 is roundish ; paleae tricuspidate, bearing spines on the back, 

 longer than the calyxes. H. Native of Spain, Portugal, 

 and Mauritania, in cultivated fields, and on hills. Laroch. 

 eryng. p. 32. Clus. hist. 2. p. 159. f. 1. E. pusillum, J. 

 Bauh. hist. 3. p. 87. Lob. icon. 2. t. 23. Flowers blue ? 



lender Eryngo. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1814. PI. ^ to 1 ft. 



83 E. NASTURTIIFO'LIUM (Juss. in Laroch. eryng. p. 46. t. 17.) 

 leaves all lanceolate, dilated at the apex, and somewhat pinna- 

 tifid ; branches decumbent ; heads of flowers lateral, sessile, 

 ovate ; leaves of involucrum lanceolate-subulate, elongated, and 

 entire, as well as the paleae. Q. S. Native of South America. 

 Tratt. arch. t. 768. Allied to E. vesiculosum, but differs in the 

 angles of the calyx being 5, and in being rough from scales, not 

 from vesicles. 



Nasturtium-leaved Eryngo. PI. decumbent. 



34 E. CERVANTE'SII (Laroch. eryng. p. 47. t. 18. f. 1.) sur- 

 culi decumbent ; floral leaves trifid : lobes linear ; heads of 

 flowers axillary, pedunculate, roundish ; leaves of involucrum 

 5, subulate, spreading, exceeding the head of flowers a little. 

 %. . H. Native of Mexico. Tratt. arch. t. 359. E. vivipa- 

 rum, Cerv. mss. Calyxes scaly. Allied to E. vesiculosum. 



Cervantes' s Eryngo. Fl. Jul. Oct. Clt. 1 820. PL dec. 



35 E. PROSTRA'TUM (Nutt. in lilt, ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 92.) 

 surculi creeping, filiform ; leaves petiolate, ovate, unarmed, 

 membranous, some entire, and others are furnished with a tooth 

 or lobule on each side ; heads of flowers ovate, pedunculate, 

 axillary; leaves of involucrum 5, oblong-linear, entire, deflexed; 

 paleae linear, small; calyx papulose from vesicles. Tj:. H. 

 Native of North America, in the Arkansa territory. Petioles 

 variable in length, some shorter than the limbs of the leaves, 

 and others longer. Leaves rosulate, at the neck of the plant, 

 but crowded at the node of the surculi, sometimes opposite. 

 Peduncles 1 or 1 \ inch long. Heads 2-3 lines long. 



Prostrate Eryngo. PL prostrate. 



36 E. BALDWI'NI (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 870.) leaves petiolate, 

 oval, entire, or serrated ; stem much branched, slender, usually 

 prostrate ; heads of flowers small, numerous ; leaves of invo- 

 lucrum 2, tripartite : lobes linear, a little toothed at the base. 

 Q. H. Native of Florida, in pine woods around St. Maria, 



and along the sea-shore near Augustine. E. gracile, Baldw. in 

 Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 175. Ell. sketch. 1. p. 345. but not of 

 Laroch. E. reptans, Willd. herb, ex Spreng. 

 Baldwin's Eryngo. PL prostrate. 



37 E. VESICULO'SUM (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 73. t. 98.) sur- 

 culi creeping ; radical leaves lanceolate, cuneate, and attenuated 

 at the base, deeply toothed, almost pinnatifid ; floral leaves 

 trifid, with linear lobes ; heads of flowers lateral, on short pedun- 

 cles ; leaves of involucrum 5, lanceolate-subulate, and are as 

 well as the paleae entire ; calyx papulose. 1 . G. Native of 

 Van Diemen's Land. Laroch. eryng. p. 47. Tratt. arch. t. 

 780. Poir. suppl.4. p. 291. 



Bladdery -calyxed Eryngo. PL cr. 



38 E. SUBACAU'LE (Cav. icon. 6. t. 556. f. 2.) radical leaves 

 petiolate, lanceolate, nearly quite entire ; scape naked, bearing 

 only 1 head of flowers, longer than the leaves : leaves of invo- 

 lucrum 8, lanceolate, spinose, spreading, furnished each with 1 

 tooth on each side, longer than the head of flowers, which is 

 hemispherical ; palese subulate, shorter than the calyx. Native 

 of Mexico, in Chalma. Laroch. eryng. p. 56. Tratt. arch, 

 t. 778. Plant hardly more than a finger in height. 



Nearly-stemless Eryngo. PI. ^ to \ foot. 



39 E. RADICIFLO'RUM (Tratt. arch. t. 764.) radical leaves ses- 

 sile, ovate, spiny-serrated ; heads of flowers solitary, roundish, 

 sessile at the neck of the plant ; leaves of involucrum 6, ovate- 

 lanceolate, tridentate at die apex, discoloured, longer than the 

 head ; paleae entire. Native of New Granada, on the moun- 

 tains of Pasto. E. humile y. Laroch. eryng. p. 34. t. 18. f. 2. 

 H. B. et Kimth, nov. gen. amer. p. 34. 



Root-flowered Eryngo. PL foot. 



40 E. FLA'CCIDUM (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 350.) 

 radical leaves flaccid, on long petioles, deeply pinnatifid ; seg- 

 ments linear, spinescent, bent downwards ; stem slender, panicled 

 at the apex ; leaves of involucrum linear-lanceolate, stiff, acute, 

 quite entire, about equal in length to the head of flowers, which 

 is elliptic ; palese hardly equal in length to the flowers. O- H. 

 Native of Buenos Ayres. 



Flaccid-leaved Eryngo. PL -J foot. 



41 E. CORONA'TUM (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 350.) 

 radical leaves lanceolate, spinosely pinnatifid ; segments lanceo- 

 late-subulate, spreading ; stem panicled at the top, many-headed ; 

 leaves of involucrum linear-subulate, spiny, quite entire, re- 

 flexed, about equal in length to the head, which is cylindrical ; 

 paleae oblong, acute, pale, equal in length to the flowers, the 2 

 or 4 superior ones protruding in long horns, which emulate the 

 leaves of the involucrum. If. . H. Native of Buenos Ayres. 

 Stem 6-8 inches high. 



Crowned-headed Eryngo. PI. ^ to ^ foot. 



42 E. HU'MILE (Cav. ann. p. 115. icon. t. 556. f. 1.) radical 

 leaves on long petioles, oval-oblong, spiny-serrated ; cauline 

 leaves 1 or 2, oblong, sessile,, serrated ; stems bearing only 1 

 head of flowers, shorter than the radical leaves ; leaves of invo- 

 lucrum 10, ovate-lanceolate, tridentate at the apex, coloured 

 above, exceeding the head of flowers, which is globose and de- 

 pressed at the apex ; paleae entire. I/ . G. Native of Peru, 

 on the mountains of Chimborazo and St. Antonio. E. humile 

 a, Laroch. eryng. p. 55. Tratt. arch. t. 763. 



Far. ft; leaves of involucrum entire. Laroch. eryng. p. 55. 

 H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. On the mountains of Pichinca and Anti- 

 sana. E. ranunculoides, Willd. herb. 



Humble Eryngo. PL ^ foot. 



43 E. STELLA'TUM (Mutis, in Laroch. eryng. p. 55. t. 25.) 

 lower leaves petiolate, linear-lanceolate, crenated : upper ones 

 sessile, opposite ; branches elongated, bearing 1 head of flowers 

 each ; leaves of involucrum ovate, spiny-toothed, discoloured, 

 exceeding the head ; paleae subulate, exceeding the flowers. 



