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camosum, subconvexum, paleolis lineari-spathulatis, inter 
flores exteriores, paucis aut saepe abortivis. Flores dissimiles. 
Calycis z.A.n9X\dentes 5, sequales, rotundati, concavi, carnosi, imo 
saccati. — Flores fertiles : corolla tubo brevi, crassiuscula, in- 
fnndibuliformis, limbo campanulato, 5-partito, lobis camosis, 
oblongis, subcucullatis, erectiusculis. Stamina 5, inclusa; 
filamenta imo in tubum brevem monadelphum cum glandulis 
totidem fauci insertum coalita, superne libera : antherce in 
tubum 5-dentatum syngenesium connatse. Stylus longe ex- 
sertus, filiformis, apice incrassato-cylindraceus. Stigma glo- 
bosum, papilloso-rugosum. Ovarium cylindraceum,5-sulcatum, 
calycis tubo arete adnatum, et ejus lobis coronatum. Achce- 
nium oblongum, profunde 5-lobum, lobis obtusis spongiosis, 
in umbone apicale breviter conicum, 1-loculare, monosper- 
mum. Semen ordinis, pendulum. — Flores steriles : corollce tubo 
gracillime elongato, 2-3-plo longiore, fauce infundibuliformi, 
limbo campanulato, 5-partito, lobis tenuibus, oblongis, acutis, 
3-nerviis, erectiusculis. Stamina 'm(Ayis,a •, filamenta fertiliorum ; 
anthers vix connatse et polline destitutse. Stylus subexsertus 
cylindraceo-clavatus, apice vix stigmatosus. Achtenium semi- 
inferum, consimile. 
Herbae Chilenses Andicolce ccespitosce, radice fusiformi ; folia radi- 
calia plurima, pluriserialia, exteriora petiolata, oblonga, inciso- 
dentata vel laciniata, carnosa aut submembranacea, glaberrima, 
\-2>-nervia ; scapi plurimi folio cequilongi, monocephali, carnosi, 
late compressi, extus convexi, scepissime ad medium extus folium 
solitarium sessile gerentes ; capitula magna in caput magnum 
hemispharicum creberrime aggregata. Flores albi vel pallide 
virescentes. 
1. Nastanthus agglomeratus ; — Calycera Andina, nob. olim, Trav. 
Chile, '\i. 531; — acaulis, e scapis numerosissimis radicalibus 
pluriserialibus in massara bemisphsericara confertissime aggre- 
gatis csespitosa, radice fusiformi, scapis monocephalis, car- 
nosis, late compressis, intus planis, extus convexi s, et bine ad 
medium folium solitarium gerentibus, seriei externse folio altero 
radicali donatis; foliis oblongis, obtusis, imo cuneatis, valde 
carnosis, sicco submembranaceis, sinuato-laciniatis, laciniis 
paucis, breviter ovatis, subobtusis, imo in costam latam cras- 
sissimam decurrentibus, bine subsessilibus, capitula vix su- 
perantibus ; capitulis majusculis paulo convexis, carnosis ; 
involucri foliolis circiter 12, uniseriatis, rotundis, erectiusculis, 
apice obsolete 3-lobis, imo ad receptaculum connatis. — In 
Andibus Cbilensibus, costa orientali, altit. 10,000 ped. 
Hanc speciem anno 1825 inveni in ascensu vise excelsioris 
inter Mendozam et Aconcaguara ad stationem “ Las Cuevas 
