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2. Nastanthus laciniatus, n. sp.;—acaulis, e scapis plurimis 
aggregatis cespitosus, radice fusiformi; foliis ovali- vel ob- 
longo-cuneatis, obtusis, grosse et irregulariter laciniato-den- 
tatis, 5-nerviis, in petiolum latum et elongatum attenuatis, 
exterioribus majoribus, radicalibus, scapis longioribus, aliis- 
que gradatim brevioribus e basi scaporum enatis; scapis con- 
gestis, subcompressis, carnosis, sicco rubiginosis, szepius nudis, 
centralibus brevioribus ; capitulo majusculo, involucri foliolis 
6-8, triangularibus, acutis, serratis, uniserialiter ad recepta- 
culum accretis; paleis foliaceis, exterioribus majoribus et 
latioribus, centralioribus minoribus, imo attenuatis.—In 
Andibus @hilensibus.—. s. in herb. meo et Hook., Los Palo- 
mares (Gillies); Cordillera Chile (Cuming 326); Ojos de 
Agua (Bridges). 
Radix fusiformis, 3 poll. long. ; caules scaposi, numerosi, pa- 
tentim radiantes, aggregati, monocephali, 14-34 poll. long. 
(sicci), 3 lin. lati, subpatentes, plantam czspitosam pronam 
8 poll. diam. efformantes; folia exteriora (incluso petiolo) 
24-35 poll. long.; lamina oblonga, imo cuneata, 1-1} poll. long. 
et 4-11] lin. lat. utrmque dentibus 4 incisa; petiolus crassus, 
margine membranaceus, 2 lin. lat., caulina 1—2 poll. long., pro- 
fundius laciniata, 3-5 lin. lat.; capitulum 9-11 lin. diam. ; 
involueri foliola 3-angularia, margine integro vel sinuato- 
dentato *. 
3. Nastanthus pinnatifidus, n. sp. ;—acaulis, e scapis numerosis 
radicalibus subbrevibus czspitosus ; foliis longe petiolatis, 
radicalibus, lamina oblongo-lanceolata, sinuato- et pinnato- 
partita, laciniis lineari-ellipticis, enervi, crasso-carnosa, costa 
media lata, subtus prominente ; petiolo cum lamina equilongo 
vel 2-plo longiore, dilatato, intus concavo, extus convexo; 
scapis latis, carnosis, petiolo dimidio brevioribus, imo mono- 
phyllis ; involuecri foliolis 3-angularibus circiter 8.—In Andi- 
bus Chilensibus.—». s. in herb. Hook. (Cuming, 325) ; in 
herb. Mus. Paris, Cordillera de Coquimbo (Gay). 
Radix crassa; scapi plurimi, aggregati, 1 poll. long., 4 lin. 
lat., intus plani, extus convexi, simplices, imo foliuferi, in caput 
hemisphericum 3 poll. diam., aut cum foliis radiatim expansis 
8 poll. diam. compacti; capitulum in flore 6 lin., in fructu 
10 lin. diam. ; involucri foliola 2-3 lin. long. et lat. Folia ex- 
teriora 3—4-serialia, 3} poll. long., patentissima; lamina 1 poll. 
long., cum laciniis 6 lin. lat., profunde laciniata, laciniis utrin- 
as well as copious analytical details, will be given in the ‘ Contributions to 
Botany,’ vol. ii. pl. 43. 
* A scape of this species is represented in the ‘ Contributions,’ Plate 44 a. 
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