Kryngium. 
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iiiiis niaximiSj cetcris sensim minoribus, cum peliolo 30 — 35 cm longa, supra medium 
3 cm lata. Capilula ovoidea 8 — 9 mm longa; bracteae involucrales oblanceolalac 
grosse paucisemitae, zh 2'/2 cm longae et 1/2 cm latae. 
Peru: Dep. Cajamarca, Prov. Hualgayoc, unterhalb San Miguel, 2300 — 2600 m 
ü. M., in einer dichten, häufig geschlossenen, aus Sträuchern und Kräutern gebildeten 
Formation (Weberbauer n. 3912 — blühend im Mai — Herb. Berlin). 
Nota. Varielates supra descriptae l'ormis transitoriis numerosis conjunctae baud ccrte 
discernendae; occurrunt formae nanae, l'ormae elatae et inter eas intermediae variac magniludinis. 
98. E. ranunculoides Benth. PI. Hartw. (1839) 388; llemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. 
Bot. 1. (1883) 562. — Planta usque 35 cm alta; radices mimerosi, fasciculato-funi- 
l'ormes. Gaules 1 vel plures, erecti, tenues, scapiformes vel saepius mox supra basin 
3-furcati, ramis valde elongatis cum pedunculo caulem continuante aequilongis, simplici- 
bus vel semel sat louge trifurcato-ramulosis. Foliorum (basalium) petiolus laminam zb 
aequans, inferne anguste, superne latius fistulosus, complicato-canaliculatus, alatus, alis 
ad vaginam 5 — 10 mm latam sensim latioribus; lamina ovalis vel lanceolata vel zb 
elliptica, obtusa vel acuminata, 1 — 3 cm longa, 1/2 — 1 cm lata, obsolete crenata-serrata, 
crenis obtusissimis vix mucronatis, nervis paucis subparallelis vel superne leviter diver- 
gentibus, eximie reticulato-venosis percursa. Prophylla ima fol. bas. similia eisque 
saepe majora, basin versus tantum angustata, apice acuminata, subunicostata, in- 
conspicue crenata vel remote serrata, cetera multo minora. Capitula ovoidea, nigri- 
canti-violacea, 5 — 10 mm longa; bracteae involucrales 8 — 10 lineari-lanceolatae, acumi- 
natae, spinuloso-acutissimae, integerrimae vel spinulis brevissimis sparsis instructae, 
capitulis longiores, zb 2 mm latae; florales late curvato-cymbiformes, breviter acumi- 
natae, apiculatae, flores parum superantes. Sepala lanceolato(-ovata) obtusiuscula, ab- 
rupte breviter mucronata, 1 Y2 longa; petala spathulato-oblonga, papillulosa, bre- 
viter excisa, lobulo inflexo linguiformi aequilongo, obtusiusculo, 1 1/2 mm longa; styli 
sepala demum dimidio superantes. Fructus ovoideo-globosus 2 — 3 mm longus; squamae 
mericarpii calycinae 3 — 6 inaequales, lanceolatae, acuminatae, acutiusculae, laterales 
paucae, similes, acutae, dorsales multo minores, inaequales, in sicco depressae, ambitu 
rotundato-irregulares, commissurales nullae. 
Provinz des mexikanischen Hochlandes, auf nassen Alpenwiesen bis 3300 m 
ü. M. aufsteigend. — Staat Mexiko: Tal von Toluca (Pringle n, 4217 — blühend im 
August); Sierra de las Cruces, um 3300 m ü. M. (Pringle n. 13 000 — blühend im 
August); ohne nähere Angaben (Hartweg n. 294). 
99. E. scaposum Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Mose. XX. 1. (1 847) 1 72. - — Planta 
5 — 2 0 cm alta, radicibus numerosis, elongatis, crassis. Gaules 1 vel plures tenues 
scapiformes vel raro breviter 3-furcati, ramis quam pedunculus caulem conlinuans 
multo brevioribus. Foliorum (basalium) petiolus fistulosus, involuto-canaliculatus, alatus, 
alis ad basin versus sensim latioribus, laminam zb aequans; lamina elliptica vel lanceo- 
lato-oblonga, raro oblanceolata, apice obtusa vel breviter acuminata, basi breviter cuneato- 
angustata, margine crenata vel (serrato-)crenata, crenis obLusis depressis, muticis vel 
brevissime apiculatis, medio anguste fistulosa ibique paucinervia, n. in aream angustis- 
simam dispositis, superne divergentibus, remote reticulato-venosis, rarius subunicostata, 
costa remote pinnato-nervosa, 2 — 4 cm longa, ^4 — I V4 cm lata. Prophylla fol. bas. 
similia, inferne sensim angustata, minora. Gapitula amethystina semigloboso-ovoidea, 
6 — 8 mm longa; bracteae involucrales zb 8 lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, muticae 
vel spinuloso-acutae, ad 1 0 mm longae, ad 2 mm latae, integerrimae vel antice utroque 
latere 1 — 2-denticulatae vel brevissime spinulosae; florales subulatae, acutae, basi vix 
dilatatae, 3 mm longae, flores subsuperantes. Sepala ovato-lanceolata, acuminata vel 
obtusa et subsubito mucronata; petala oblonga, profunde excisa, lobulo inflexo lineari, 
2 — 3-plo angustiore, apice denticulato instructa; styli sepala dimidio superantes. Fructus 
globoso-ovoideus, 2V2 longus; squamae laterales 2( — 3)-seriatae, ovato-lanceolatae, 
acuminatae, patulae, calycinae similes, dorso plicato-rugoso nullae vel minores acutae 
obviae, commissurales I — 2-seriatae paiwae. 
