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<<>NIUIIJLT1()N!S FKt»M TIIK NATIoNaJ- HKUHAIiUM. 



olilnnu', inriscly xTi'iitc and spiiuoc; liciitis siih^'loliox', alioui liimin. 

 loiiL'. <»ii \vv\ short |MMliiii(|r> or x'ssilc; iinoliicrr ot" hracts rcsciu 

 Miri}4' till- It'iiM's. loiiyi'i |l>iin (lit' head; lnactlrts laiiccolatr. I'litirc, 

 Npiiioscty tipped; t'niil tlollicd with iinlM'icatcd |M)int('(l si-alcs, h>ss 

 than -J iimi. h)ny. with ovale huie-poiiitfd calyx loltcs twice as loiiy, 

 and loiiy styles; oil twites \-ei'y hire*', nioi'e oi- less stiiikcii in the some- 

 what dor>ally tlattened seed; seed face plane. 



Type locality, "on the ( anadian." Arkansas; c(dlecte(l \)\ Jih/d-s iu 

 IS'JO; type in llerl». ( 'oliinil»ia I'niN. 



iM.rsr. : Marcy's |{epoit. pi. ♦!. 



Sandv plains. .ViUansas. ()Ulahoina. Indiiin TeiTitory, and Texas. 



.S'y« I iiiii'ii.-^ I I iiiiinii il : 



Oki.wiuma: Clu-yemu' ('(iiiMly, t'ni-lilini \'y\, .Vii^'iisl, IS!)1. 

 Iniii\n 'ri:nniini(v: Near Ciisli Crccix, Shihlon Kill, .lalv 17, IHiM. 

 Ti;\ as: N'ucccs {{ivcr, /.'-//'(((«//'< /• L'.")OH, , I iiiic, IHIU; Raylur Cninity, liiiiriliiiii'.Vt{\, 

 Sci>1ciiiImt, |S7!t; ( 'olnfinlii liivcr, llnrnril, Aiijrnsl, ISSI; |5air<l, l.iltiriiniii 

 ."il, AiiL'ii-l, ISSi'; .Wall, II, in ISSS; ( lillcspic ( 'niMity, ./.;•/;(// (14;), t»41. 



l.">. Eryngium wrightii ( iiay. IM. Wijeht. 1:7s. Is.^ii. 



(ilaueoiis; >teni erect. l>ranchine-. ;> to <> dni. liieh; leaves rii;'id; 

 basal and lower stem leaves olilanceolate. pectinate-dentate or pinnat- 

 ilid vvilli ti'ianeular tcelli lipped with lony bristles; stem leaves ses 

 slle. i'l'oin lacinial(dy toothed to pinnately cut into linear lanceolate 

 cuspidate seeinents; heads (»vate to oblone, about 11' mm. lone-; invo- 

 lucre of numerous linear-larxcolale entire to remotely toothed spiny- 

 tipped Itracts, whitish within, ^reen without, twice as lone- as the 

 head; bi'actlets subulate, rieid. sjtiny-tipped, lone-er than the (lowers, 

 the (ei'niinal one or (wo \ci'y pi-ominent and crownine- the head; fi'uit. 

 1 mm. lone-, with short ovate mueronate calyx lobes, and lone- styles. 



Type locality, ''bed of (he Lim))ia or AVild Rose Ci'eek."" 'i'exas; 

 collected hy ]Vr!<ilit. no. •S,V\. in lS4l»; ty])(> in llerl». (iray. duplicate 

 in I'. S. Nat. Herb. 



Hills and ])lains. Texas to Arizona, and extendine- into Mexico. 



S/ii riiin'lix t'XiUU'iiiil : 



Te.vas: Il ■/-/.'//// •-';!(», Au^riist, ISl'.l; M,x. liDii,,'!. Siirr. 41:.'; near Dalla.s llnlI'lAW, 

 .Tune Ml), ls7L'; wt'stcin Texas, Ilnranl, ,]\\\y, l.SS.'!; Cliciiatrs t-c;.'inii. Xcallcii 

 Kii), in ISS!). 

 AiuzoN.v: SeiKiita N'aiiey, altitiuir 1, !!■")(» iiictcrs, L'nlhrixi- <)();!, AiijjiiHt, 1874; 

 A|)at-lii! Pass, Cliirricaliua Mniiiitaiiis, Lnuiiiini, Aiij,'ii>t, issi; iKirtlu'rii Ari- 

 /,<iiKi, Li'iiniKiii IS. ill ISSL'; near l-'ni't lluachiu-a, H7/(((.c l>().'), August, 1S'J4. 



Iti. Eryngium lemmoni ('. c'v: K. Hot. (ia/. 14: 27l>. 1SS1». 



CJlaucous; stem erect, branching- above, H to !> dm. hie-h; basal and 

 lower stem leaves rioid. elongated oblanceolate, sharply dentate; ui)per 

 most leaves Itroadly ovate, more or less deeply cut. the lob(>s cusj)idate- 

 tipju'd; heads short-oblone- (S to 11' nuu. lone-), much surpassed and 

 envelop(>d by th(> (-ons|)icuoi:s involucre ol' Itroadiv cuneate leaf-like 

 eus})idate-t(K)thed and loited Itracts (beeomino- S to iO mm. broad); 



