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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
nuncupatum, locis apertis et asperis gaudentem. Radix fusi- 
formis 5-6 poll. long. Planta Integra, humo prona, formam 
hemisphaericani 6-8 poll. diam. e scapis confertissimis aggre- 
gatis semulans. Scapus 3-4 poll. long, interne planus, extus 
convexus, summo latitudine fere capituli, et pallide virescens, 
hinc ad imum gradatim angustior, extus folio unico donatus. 
Capitulum hemisphsericum, 1-1 j poll, diam., involucrum e 
foliolis cireiter 12 subtriangularibus, obtusis, summo bisinuatis, 
imo ad marginem receptaeuli uniserialiter connatis, erectiusculis. 
Folia in scapis exterioribus radicalia, 5 poll. long, in centralibus 
medium versus scapi affixa, 3^ poll, long.; lamina camosa penni- 
nervis ad marginem petioli crassissimi late decurrens. Recep- 
taculum camosum convexum, 1 poll, diam., flores numerosis- 
simos creberrime fulciens, quorum plurimos abortivos ; denique 
achaeniis numerosis densissime compactis tectum. Ovarium 
1^ lin. long. Corolla pallide virescens florum sterilium 2 lin. 
long., fertilium 6 lin. long., tubo ultra medium gracillime 
contracto, superne campanulato, Hmbi laciniis 5 subcucullatis, 
erectis ; stamina inclusa, e contractione corollse enata ; stylus 
longe exsertus. Achaenium oblongum 2^ lin. long., 1 lin. diam., 
5-angulatum, inter angulos rotundatos profunde sulcatum; 
angulis dentibus calycinis rotundatis concavis coronatis, hinc 
apice umbdicatum, et in centro processu conico porrecto corol- 
1am persistentem ferente donatum, nitens, angulis medulla cellu- 
lari farctis, 1-loculare, 1-spermum ; endocarpio nitente 10-nervio. 
Semen funiculo brevi pendulum, teres, 1 J lin. long., ^ lin. diam.* 
2. Nastanthus laciniatus, n. sp.; — acaulis, e scapis plurimis 
aggregatis caespitosus, radice fusiformi; folds ovali- vel ob-- 
longo-cuneatis, obtusis, grosse et irregulariter laciniato-den- 
tatis, 5-nerviis, in petiolum latum et elongatum attenuatis, 
exterioribus majoribus, radicalibus, scapis longioribus, aliis- 
que gradatim breiioribus e basi scaporum enatis ; scapis con- 
gestis, subcompressis, carnosis, sicco rubiginosis, saepius nudis, 
centralibus brevioribus ; capitulo majusculo, involucri foliolis 
6-8, triangularibus, acutis, serratis, uniserialiter ad recepta- 
culum accretis; paleis foliaceis, exterioribus majoribus et 
latioribus, centraUoribus minoribus, imo attenuatis. — In 
Andibus Chilensibus. — v. s. in herb, meo et Hook., Los Palo- 
mares (GiUies) ; Cordillera Chile (Cuming 326) ; Ojos de 
Agua (Bridges). 
Radix fusiformis, 3 poll. long. ; caules scaposi, numerosi, pa- 
tentim radiantes, aggregati, monocephali, 1^3^ poll. long. 
* A drawing of this plant in its entire state, and of the scape separately, 
as well as copious analytical details, are given in Plate 43. 
