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vissimo ; pedunculus terminalis 1 poll. Jong., apice incrassatus ; 
eapitulum fere 1 poll. diam., semiglobosum ; involucrum fere ad 
basin 5—7-partitum, laciniis patentibus; palez setacez vel spa- 
thulate, ovaria concreta excedentes; corolle tubus gracilis, 
24 lin. long.; limbus infundibuliformis, ultra medium 5-partitus, 
tubo fere zquilongus, segmenta oblonga, acuta*. 
3. Acicarpa bupleuroides, Less. Linn. vi. 527 ;—erecta, glabra, 
dichotome ramosa ; foliis oblongo-obovatis, basi in petiolum 
alatum subamplexicaulem angustatis, obtusis, integerrimis 
vel apice subdentatis, reticulato-venosis ; capitulis terminali- 
bus; involucro inzqualiter 5-foliolato, foliolis lineari-elon- 
gatis, calyce corollaque 4-lobis.—Brasilia meridionalis, in 
uliginosis (Sello). 
Species mihi invisa, ex descriptione autem cl. Lessingii ab 
alteris manifeste distincta ; herba perennis, 14—4 ped. alt., habitu 
Bupleuri rotundifolii; capitulum parvum, eo Artemisia Absinthit 
vix majus ; folia alterna, remota, 6 poll. long., 13 poll. lat. 
4. Acicarpa procumbens, Less. Linn. vi. 527 ;—glaberrima, cau- 
libus plurimis, procumbentibus, valde ramosis ; foliis lineari- 
spathulatis, in petiolum planum attenuatis, integerrimis, mu- 
cronulatis, glaucis, membranaceis, 3-nerviis, nervis superne 
immersis, subtus prominulis; pedunculis monocephalis, pri- 
mum terminalibus, demum lateralibus, folio brevioribus ; 
inyolucri segmentis 6, floribus brevioribus, integerrimis, ob- 
longo-ellipticis, patentibus, inzqualibus.—Brasilia meridio- 
nalis, v. s. in herb. Hook. (Sello). 
Planta habitu ad <A. spathulatam accedens; folia remo- 
tiora, fusciora, angustiora, membranacea, et capitula multo mi- 
nora; caules 6-12 poll. long., debiles; folia 1-1? poll. long., 
2-4 lin. lat.; petiolus angustus ; pedunculi teretes, oppositifolii, 
fere 1 poll. long.; capitula semiglobosa, 5 lin. diam. ; involucri 
foliola 2 lin. long., 1 lin. lat., acuta f. 
5. Acicarpa tribuloides, R. Br. 1. ce. ;—Acicarpha tribuloides, Juss. 
Ann. Mus. ii. 348, tab. 58. fig. 1; Rich. Mém. Mus. vi. 45, 
tab. 11; DC. Prodr. v. 3;—Cryptocarpha tribuloides, Cass. 
Dict. xii. 85 ;—subdecumbens, dichotome subramosa ; foliis 
cuneato-oblongis, obtusis, simuato-dentatis aut lacerato-incisis, 
laciniis mucronatis, glaberrimis, submembranaceis, valde re- 
ticulatis, inferioribus spathulatis, superioribus sessilibus, et 
basi latiore semi-amplexicaulibus.—In Provinciis Argentinis, 
v.v. ad Zanjon, Prov. Cordove. 
Species ad preecedentem et sequentem proxime accedens; apriore 
* A drawing of this plant is given in the ‘ Contributions,’ Plate 51 a. 
+ This plant is represented in Plate 51 c. 
