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apice mucronatis, opacis, rigide coriaceis, margine revoluto, 
utringue pallidis, costa mediana in angulos caulinos decurrente ; 
capitulo solitario terminali, longe pedunculato; involucro 
gamophyllo, late campanulato, submembranaceo, fere ad me- 
dium 10-fido, laciniis linearibus, acutis, erectis, integris, 
3-nervatis, apice aciculatis ; paleis lineari-lanceolatis, mucro- 
natis ; floribus equilongis ; dentibus calycinis membranaceis, 
ovatis, 1-nerviis, apice obtuse 3-dentatis.—Chile, v. s. in herb. 
meo et Hooker. ; Patagonia (Capt. King), et in Andibus Men- 
dozinis (Gillies). 
Species a precedente distincta; differt caule strictiore, foliis 
longioribus, rigidioribus, segmentis latioribus et crassioribus, 
substramineis ; pedunculo longissimo solitario ; involucro 10-den- 
tato. Internodia superiora T poll. distantia, “inferiora approxi- 
mata; folia pallide glauca, rigida, 14-1? poll. long., rachi 
lineari parallele nervoso } lin. lat., laciniis divaricatis 6—8 lin. 
long., 4 lin. lat. ; pedunculus 3+ poll. long., capitulum subglo- 
bosum ; involucrum hemisphericum, campanulatum, 6 lin. diam., 
vix ad medium 10-dentatum, dentibus integris, linearibus; re- 
ceptaculum minimum, fundo involueri insitum *. 
3. Boopis gracilis, Philippi, Linn. xxviii. 707 ;—annua, glaber- 
rima, glauca, polycephala, ramosa, ramis cauleque elongatis, 
gracilibus ; foliis superioribus lineari-spathulatis, pectinatim 
laciniatis, dentibus utrinque 3-5 remotiusculis, supremis in- 
tegris, omnibus enerviis ; pedunculis gracilibus, monocephalis ; 
involucro gamophyllo, campaniformi, ad medium 5-dentato, 
dentibus late 3-angularibus, flores zquantibus, paleis pau- 
cissimis, setaceis, achenio 5-costato, angulis paulo prominulis. 
—In Andibus Chilensibus :—»v. s., Cordillera de Maule, De- 
part. Linares (Germain). 
Planta habitu Anomocarpi leucanthemi, circa 9-pollicaris ; 
radix fusiformis, ramosus, 3 poll. long. ; caulis e basi ramosus, 
1} ln. diam.; rami alterni, iterumque ‘divisi, angulato-striati ; 
folia inferiora e basi linearia, 12-15 lin. long., ultra medium 
integra, summum versus dentibus brevibus patentibus remotis 
laciniata ; folia superiora 6~7 lin. long., $ lin. lat.; pedunculi 
ex axillis superioribus solitarii, monocephali, folio 2—3-plo 
longiores ; capitulum 44 lin. diam.; corolla 14 lin. long., tubo 
gracillimo, viridi, limbo albo ; achznia albida, ovata, acuta, 5- 
angulata, in sinubus transversim rugosa, 14 lin. long., diametro 
paulo minore; dentes calycini angulis continui, obtusi ; palez 
persistentes; receptaculum parvum, depresso-conicum, foveatumt. 
* A representation of this species is given in the ‘ Contributions,’ 
Plate 46 a. 
+ A drawing of this plant will be seen in the same work, Plate 46 B. 
