• NOVA ADDENDA AD FLORA M PATAGONICAM 475 



Obs. Varíelas quam typus elatior (25-30 era alt.), crasse ramosa 

 erecta v. procumbens, foliis caulinis sessilibus elliplicis v. 

 subspathulatis, (30-50 mm long. = 8-16 mm lat.) dense irre- 

 gulariterque repando-denticulatis, denticulis triangula ribus 

 rectis V. subruncinatis, ómnibus mucronulo v. spinula brevi 

 cónica pallidiore armatis. 



185. ? Boopis ALPINA Poepp. = Gámocarpha PoeppigiiDC. — Miers, 

 Contr. to Bot., II, í. 19. 



Hab. In aridis saxosis prope Chonkenk-aik secus Rio Chico, 

 Febr. 1898(C. A.). 



Obs. Specimina, quae adsunt, involucra floribus fructibusque 

 orbata et scapos etiam folia non superantes oslendunt, ergo 

 nonnihil dubia. Folia carnosula e viridí glauca plicata limbo 

 ovato V. subspattmlato inlegerrimo deorsum in petiolo albe- 

 scente plus rainusve eiongato producto donata. 



186. Boopis? Ame&hinoi Speg., n. sp. 



Diag. Glaberrima carnosa, ramis prostraiis brevibus C7'assis den- 

 sissime rosulato- foliifej-is, foliis suborbicularibus grosse dentato- 

 incisis, longe lateque petiolatis, scapis acrogenis v. pleurogenis 

 crassis brevibus bracteatis, ápice capitato-floriferis , involucro 

 nullo, floribus majusculis virescentibus ad axillam bractearum 

 supremarum glomerulalis. 



Hab. In declivio denutato aridissimo montiura Karr-aik prope 

 Lago Argentino, Mart. 1898 (C. A.). 



Obs. Species abnormis ad Gymnocaulon Ph. accendens. Rami, e 

 eolio radicali plures exsurgentes, prostrati breves erassi (30-30 

 mm long. = 3-5 mm crass.) dense foliati; folia conferta sub- 

 imbricata intense viridia carnosa enervia, ad apicem rosulas 

 subhemisphaerieas (5-10 era diam.) eñicientia, limbis subor- 

 bicularibus (10-22 mm long. = 12-23 mm diam.) antice 

 subrotundatis postice leniter attenuatis v. cuneatis atque in 

 petiolo pallescente plus minusve eiongato latissimo tenuiore 

 (10-20 mm long. = 3 mm lat.) ima basi pericladio vix evoluto 

 in pulvinulo lineari crasse calloso subrubeseente insidente 

 donato vix angustatis, margine 7-14-lobatis, lobis ab impari 

 supremo basin versus deerescentibus acutioribusque, quan- 

 doque late ovatis integris obtusis, quandoque sublineafibus 

 3-5-dentatis, semper valde aproximatis donatis. Scapi quan- 



