European herbaria collections notebook
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obsolete, up to 1 mm. wide; prominent mound formed by seed, glabrous; style stout, 2-3 mm. long. (2) Prov. de Coquimbo, Bridges 1279, 1866 [Day Fl. Chili] is a similar plant but the pedicels are shorter, stouter and spaced further apart; also the inflorescence is much more elongated, 0.5-1 dm. long; the flo. are larger and the silique has numerous scales over the seed area. = M. chilensis H. cuneata (1) En frigidis rupestribus Andinum, Amerig. Mendla Chilli 1831, m.cl. Day 373. Similar to above but with shorter pinnate hairs, smaller more sharply lobed leaves and shorter pedicels. Could be a different species. (1) En rupibus Andinum o delta, 1829, m.cl. dayi 496 [H. primatula var. A.-rups-tomentosa Barn. in Flora Chilena] (2) Cordillera de Maulo, ann. 1856 et 1857, Rev. Ph. Germain