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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
5. Nastanthus ventosus ; — Calycera ventosa, Meyen, Nov. Act. 
19, Suppl. i. 251; Remy, in Gay, Chile, iii. 256; Calycera 
scapigera, var. ventosa, Weddell, Chi. And. ii. 7 ; — radice 
crassa, vesiculoso-inflata ; foliis ovatis, obtusissimis; apicepau- 
cidentatis, dentibus obtusis, carnosis, 3-nerviis, in petiolum 
lougum attenuatis ; scapis pollicaribus, centralibus apbyllis, 
exterioribus 1-2-3-phyllis ; involucro 5-7-partito. — Chile ad 
Rio Maypu. 
Planta mihi incognita, evidenter e descriptione, hujus generis 
inter N. pinnatifidum et N. scapigerum intermedia. 
6. Nastanthus scapigerus •, — Boopis scapigera, Remy, in Gay, 
Chile, iii. 250 ; Weddell, Chi. And. ii. 7 ; — radice fusiformi ; 
caule brevi, scapos plurimos monocephalos confertim aggre- 
gates gerente ; scapis superioribus foliis minoribus donatis, 
inferioribus radicalibus, liberis, et cum foliis majoribus e basi 
ortis ; foliis rotundo-ovalibus, e medio cuneato-spathulatis, et 
hinc in petiolum 2-plo longiorem utrinque decurrentibus, 
crenatis vel grosse dentatis, dentibus obtusis, margine revo- 
luto, lamina infra medium integra, pallide glaucis ; involucri 
foliola 7-9, foliolis parvis, triangularibus, acutis, subintegris ; 
floribus confertissimis involucro longe superantibus; paleis 
exterioribus dilatatis, foliaceis, aliis gracile attenuatis. — In 
Andibus Chilensibus. — v. s. in herb, meo. Cordillera de 
Maule (Germain). 
Radix fusiformis, 1^ poll, long.; caulis 1 poll, long., scapis 
circiter 24, crebriter confertis, munitus; scapi superiores 6-15 
lin. longi, inferiores 20 lin. long., compress!, IJ lin. lati, 5 lin. 
diam. ; folia radicalia longiora (incluso petiolo) 2 poll, long., 
lamina ovata, imo cuneata, 9 lin. long., 7 lin. lat. ; petiolus com- 
pressus, 1^ lin. lat., imo amplexicaulis ; capitulum florescens 
5 lin. diam., in fructu9 lin. diam. ; involucri foliola 1^ lin. long. ; 
2 lin. lat. ; receptaculum in fructu auctum ad 5 lin. diam., con- 
vexum; achsenium ut in N. agglomerato^. 
7. Nastanthus compactus-, — Boopis compacta, Philippi, Linn. 
28. p. 709 ; — “ acaulis, glaberrima, csespitosa ; foliis rosulatis, 
lineari-spathulatis, integerrimis, coriaceis ; capitulis in apice 
radicis sessilibus, confluentibus ; involucris inde irregularibus ; 
paleis paucissimis, setaceis; dentibus calycinis (dum floret) 
obsoletis; tubo corollse brevi cylindrico, membrana exteriore 
tubi hyalina ab interiore viridi remota.^^ — In Andibus Chilen- 
sibus, Prov. Maule, Depart. Linares (Germain). 
“ Folia 26 lin. longa, 3 hn. lata, obtusa, sensim versus basin 
* A drawing of this plant is given in Plate 44 d. 
