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dentibus brevissimis triangulari-ovatis acutis ciliato-serrulatis, legumine oblique obovato 
l-spermo. (Tab. LXXIX.) — Hook, et Arn. in Bot. Misc. 3. p. 180. 
This differs in no respect from the Chilian plant we described in our Contributions to the Botany of South 
America. 
Tab. LXXIX. Fig. 1. Capitulum and involucre ; Jig. 2. Single flower ; Jig. Q. Legumen : — magnified. 
7. T. (Involucraria) melananthum ; procumbens elongatutn glabrura, foliolis obovato- 
cuneatis (stipulisque ovato-acuminatis rigidis) spinuloso-dentatis, pedunculis axillaribus 
folio longioribus, involucris plano-haenaisphaericis reticulatis incisis spinulosis capitulo 
denso brevioribus, calycis rigidi striati campanulati dentibus lato-subulatis spinescentibus 
tubo longioribus corolla acuminata brevioribus integerrimis dernum reflexis, legumine 
lato-elliptico dispermo membranaceo. — T. variegatum. jS. Zbm et Gr. FI. \. p. 317 ? 
This comes very near T. Chilense, Hook, et Arn. supra, p. 16 ; but the stems are much taller, bearing 
more copious heads of flowers, and the teeth of the calyx are quite entire. 
8. T. {lx\v o\\ic\'a.v\a) obtusiflorum; pubescens, caule elongate, foliolis obovato-lanceolatis 
spinulosq-denticulatis, stipulis lanceolatis profunde inciso-spinosis, pedunculis axillaribus 
folio duplo longioribus, involucris planiusculis parvis reticulatis inciso-spinosis capitulo 
laxiusculo majusculo triple brevioribus, calycis dentibus subulato-spinosis integerrimis 
longitudine tubi carina obtusa apice subdentata multo brevioribus, ovario oblique obovato 
subdispermo. Hook. Jc. PL v. 3. A 281. 
About a foot or more high, downy. Flowers large in proportion to the involucre. Corollas long, pale- 
coloured, with a dark spot on the keel : the vexillum very blunt, and at the apex slightly toothed or jagged. 
Alse very narrow, almost as long as the vexillum. 
9. T. (Involucraria) involucratum. Willd. [non Kunth). Smith in Reef Cycl. — Hook. 
FI. Bor. Am. 1. p. 133 — T. tridentatum. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub fol. 1070 T. aciculare. 
Nutt, in Torr. et Gr. FI. 1. p. 319. 
This is found in Chili as well as in California and N. W. America. — It varies considerably in size, from 
six inches to a foot or more in height ; with its leaflets more or less narrow, sometimes obtuse, sometimes 
quite acute. Segments of the calyx broad, with two (lateral) very short teeth and one long spinous one. 
10. T. (Involucraria) fimbriatum.—T . heterodon. Torr. et Gr. FI. 1. p. 318. — a. foliolis 
oblongo-ovalibus acutis, laciniis calycinis corolla duplo brevioribus omnino integerrimis. 
— T. fimbriatum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1070. — /3. foliolis obovatis retusis. — y. foliolis obovatis 
obtusis, calycis lacinia inferiore profunde trifida — b. foliolis oblongis obtusiusculis, calycis 
lacinia inferiore profunde trifida, reliquis bifidis vel integris, omnibus carinam aequantibus. 
This is a very variable species, or there are three distinct species in our collections. The original plant 
of Lindley has short teeth to the calyx, and those quite entire ; and to this T. spimdosum. Dough in FI. Bor. 
Am. 1. p. 133, must be referred. Our /3., gathered in California by Mr Menzies, has obcordate leaves, but 
it does not in other respects differ from Dr Lindley ’s plant. Our two other vars., as we here consider them, 
are in the present Californian collection, var. y. having the lower segment of the calyx always deeply 3-fid, 
w’hile our var. y. has larger paler-coloured flowers, longer teeth to the calyx, and those teeth, in the greater 
number, bi- or trifid. 
