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mens and petals. The name was an old Greek 
one for Eryngium, 
818. Strebl. or Klonxon gracxle R. Eryn- 
gium gracile Baldw* in Coll. herb, stem slender 
costate, leaves all tripartite, segments lanceo- 
late or cuneate entire, hardly acute, heads spi- 
nescent pauciflore.- — A very distinct sp. from 
Florida, detected by Baldwin ; but Elliot hav- 
ing mistaken it, another has been called by his 
name , see 816. I describe the original speci- 
mens labelled by Baldwin. Many stems senli- 
pedal simple probably prostrate, but differ than 
in others, axils of leaves often foliose, peduncles 
equal to leaves, heads flattened with few flow- 
ers, some stiff spinescent chaffs at the base in- 
stead of a perianthe, flowers white. 
810. Strebl. or Klonxon tenuifolium R. 
Eryngium polycephalum Baldw. in Coll. herb, 
stems erect dichotome filiform grooved, all the 
leaves tripartite, segments linear entire; heads 
axilary and terminal minute ovate. — In Florida 
likewise, another very peculiar sp. more slender 
than the last, but diffusely branched, with re- 
mote slender leaves, only 3 to 6 inches high, 
with many small heads of white flowers. 
820. ATIRSITA Raf. calix campanulate 
5fid subequal, corolla campanulate 5lobed sube- 
qual, stamens 2 short not exerted, anthers glo- 
bose, ovary depressed, style very short, stigma 
emarg, capsule 2loeu!ar ? oligosperme. Scapose 
flowers capitate . — By a most extraordinary 
blunder ofNuttal and Collins, this apparently N. 
G. was referred to Eryngium ! by them, altho’ 
it has the habit of Plantago : the ripe fruit is 
required to settle accurately the family, and all 
the characters must be verified on the living 
plant, as I would not destroy my two specimens 
