S P E C I A L I S . Si
longi) tubus tuberculis numerosis, rotundis, subdiapbanis undique
tectus; laciniee limbi ovatse , mucronatae, margine scariosse. Corolla
c a ljc i subaequ alispetalis ovatis, emarginatis, Staminum filamenta
corolla duplä longiora. Antherse ovatse. Styli filamentis subsequales.
Habitat in pratis, Americse sequinoctialis. Varietatem minorem in
pascuisPeruvianis circa Loxam invenerunt dom. Humboldt etBonpland.
Hane plantam inter optima alexipharmaca recensent Jamaicse incolse.
Aquam ejus distillatam existimant analepticam (Slo an .).
X X X I I . E R Y N G IU M N U D I C A U L E .
Eryngium nudicaule. E. foliis radicalibus obo vatis, serrato-spinosis; ser-
raturis ciliatis ; capitulis rotundis , subsessilibus.
Eryngium nudicaule. Lam. diel, /j■ p. yS9. lilu.slr. t. 187. J. 2. Pers.
enchir. p. 3 0 0 .
Planta 1 - 3 decimetralis. Radix fasciculata, fibris fusiformibus
constans. Caulis erectus, infernfe simplex nudusque ; superne trifidus;
ramis semel aut pluries dichotomis. Folia radicalia obovata, in petiolum
brevem angustata, S-6 centimetr. longa, serrata, serraturis ciliatis apice
spinosis. Floralia parva, ov a ta , apice subincisa, verticillatim terna^la
autopposita.Capitula rotunda, viridia, pedunculata. Pedunculi,breves,
tr iq u e tr i, terminales aut e dichotomiis orti. Involucrum 7-8 phyllum;
foliolis longitudine capituli, lanceolatis , ciliatis. Paleae subulatse, inte-
grse, calycibus paulö longiores. Calycis tubus brev is, squamis albis,
ovatis, imbricatis tectus; lacinise limbi ovato-lanceolatse, in spinam
acuminatse, margine scariosse. Corolla calyce paulö b rev io r ; petalis
oblongis, ad medium usque bifidis. Filamenta staminum stylique calyci
subsequales. Antherse ovatse.
Habitat ad montem Video ; claro Commersone detectum.
X X X I I I . E R Y N G I U M P H Y T E U M A E . T ab. 21.
Eryngium phyteumse. E. biborum; foliis lineari-lanceolatis; capitulis
oblongis , comä foliosä terminatis; involucri foliolis linearibus ,
deflexis.