Herb. Mus. Paris Menonillea M. linearis - Perou, Dombey (type) Root + caudex somewhat fleshy, branches covered with old leaf-bases; caudex branches 0.5 - 1.5 cm. thick; basal leaves linear, entire to deeply toothed, globose flat, 4 - 7 cm. long, acute, somewhat in tufts at the junction of stem + caudex; stems simple or branched, hollow, herbaceous, longest stem 6 dm. high; cardinal lvs similar to basal, few, slightly overlapping; 2-3 cm. long; rife congested; pedicels ascending to somewhat divaricate, slender, nearly straight, lightly pubescent, 0.6 - 1.0 mm. long; axis of inflorescence definitely pubescent with simple curled hairs; stigmata stipitate; small scales present over the seed vessel; style stout, 2-3 mm. long; petals brownish, narrowly linear / , ca. 1 cm. long; ssepals globose, outer pair markedly sacculate. lvs. linear - lanceolata Other spec. which seem to match type in all resp. chars. Dombey no. 620 - the trifid basal lvs on one plant & this is not important. M. Cl. Gay, 1839, Chili - shows transition to what has been called M. filifolia. Pöppig 164 "los Chorillos" ad convent.,) [Chile, fl. septh. lvs. linear] Poeppig, chili borealis