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MOSCHARIA* pinnatifida. 



Turnip-leaved Musk- Succor y . 





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SYNGENESIA JEQUALIS. 



Nat. ord. Composite Juss. (Introduction U 

 Botany j p. 197.) 



§ Nassauviacese. Subtrib. II. Trixideae Lessing. compos. 400. 

 MOSCHARIA R. et P. — Achsenia seriei extimee (circiter 8) fertilia, 

 compressa, obovata, obliqua, breviter rostrata, rostro ineequali, exths gibboso, 

 bracteolis omnin6 iovoluta atque pappo uniseriali, paleaceo, plumoso, brevi, 



^equali coronata, reliqua sterilia, calva. 



Herba Chilensis, supernd in 



pamculam dichotomam divisa ; folns teneris, pilosiusculis, imis confertis pin- 

 natisectis ; involucris campanulatis uniserialibus oligophyllis. — Lessing I. c. 



Moscharia pinnatifida. Fl. peruv. Linncea, vol. 5. 40. 

 Gastrocarpha runcinata. D. Don. in Linn, trans. 232. 



gard. t. 229. 



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Mosigia pinnatifida. Spreng. syst. 3. 661. 



Herba annua, bipedalis, moschum olens, apice paniculatus. Rami striatic 

 pubescentes. Folia tenera, at roviridia, glabra, ample xicaulia, basi dentata; 

 znferiora pinnatifida dentata, superiora ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, indivisa. 

 Involucra 5-6-phylla ; foliolis laxis, ovatis, duplici serie imbricatis , aquali- 

 bus,foliaceis, pubescentibus. Receptaculum paleaceum, planum. Flosculi 

 omnes hermaphroditi, albi, circiter viginti, bilabiati ; labio exteriore oblongo y 

 obtuso, integro v. apice 3-dentato, interiore lineari revoluto ; fl. radii paleis 

 ventricosis, gibbosis, subtruncatis basi cincti, pappo brevi, simplici serie 

 paleaceo, polyphyllo ; fl. disci minores, paleis hand cincti, pappo nullo. 

 Antheree basi bisetosce. Styli rami lineares, revoluti, truncati, stigmatibus 

 fimbriatis. 









An annual plant, found wild in the dry, barren, rocky 

 districts of Aconcagua, Quillota, and Rancagua, in Chile, 

 where it was originally gathered by the authors of the Flora 

 Peruviana, and subsequently by many Botanical collectors 

 in that country. Its native name is said to be Almizclillo. 

 {Fl. Peruv. syst.) 





In allusion to the musky odour of the only known species 



