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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
meo et Hooker. ; Patagonia (Capt. King), et in Andibus Men- 
dozinis (Gillies). 
Species a prsecedente distincta ; differt caule strictiore, foliis 
longioribus, rigidioribus, segmentis latioribus et crassioribus, 
substramineis ; pedunculo longissimo solitario ; involuerolO-den- 
tato. Internodia superiora 1 poll, distantia, inferiora approxi- 
mata; folia pallide glauca, rigida, lj-l| poll, long., rachi 
lineari parallele nervoso j lin. lat., laciniis divaricatis 6-8 lin. 
long., ^ lin. lat. ; pedunculus 3^ poll, long., capitulum subglo- 
bosum ; involucrum hemispbsericum, campanulatum, 6 lin.diam., 
vix ad medium 10-dentatum, dentibus integris, linearibus ; re- 
ceptaculum minimum, fundo involucri insitum *. 
3. Boopis gracilis, Philippi, Linn, xxviii. 707 ; — annua, glaber- 
rima, glauca, polycepbala, ramosa, ramis cauleque elongatis, 
gracilibus; foliis superioribus lineari-spatbulatis, pectinatim 
laciniatis, dentibus utrinque 3-5 remotiusculis, supremis in- 
tegris, omnibus enerviis ■, pedunculis gracilibus, monocepbalis ; 
involucro gamopbyllo, campaniformi, ad medium 5-dentato, 
dentibus late 3-angularibus, flores sequantibus, paleis pau- 
cissimis, setaceis, achgenio 5-costato, angulis paulo prominulis. 
— In Andibus Chilensibus : — v. s., Cordillera de Maule, De- 
part. Linares (Germain). 
Planta habitu Anomocarpi leucanthemi, circa 9-pollicaris ; 
radix fusiformis, ramosus, 3 poll. long. ; caulis e basi ramosus, 
1 ^ lin. diam. ; rami alterni, iterumque divisi, angulato-striati ; 
folia inferiora e basi linearia, 12-15 lin. long., ultra medium 
integra, summum versus dentibus brevibus patentibus remotis 
laciniata ; folia superiora 6-7 lin. long., ^ lin. lat. ; pedunculi 
ex axillis superioribus solitarii, monocephali, folio 2-3-plo 
longiores; capitulum 4^ lin. diam.; corolla IJ lin. long., tubo 
gracillimo, viridi, limbo albo ; achgenia albida, ovata, acuta, 5- 
angulata, in sinubus transversim rugosa, 1^ lin. long., diametro 
paulo minore ; dentes calycini angubs continui, obtusi ; paleae 
persistentes; receptaculum parvum,depresso-conicum,foveatumt. 
4. Boopis multicaulis, Ph., Linn, xxviii. 706; — glaberrima, cau- 
libus elongatis e basi plurimis, erectis, ultra medium sub- 
nudis ; foliis radicalibus elongatis, longissime petiolatis, 
summo profundissime pinnato-partitis, laciniis remotiusculis, 
spathulato-oblongis, obtusis, integris, aut saepe utrinque 1- 
dentatis, carnosulis, enerviis, pallide viridibus, subtus flaves- 
* A representation of this species is given in Plate 46 a. 
t A drawing of this plant will be seen in Plate 46 b. 
