Tas. 6009. 
MUTISIA tticrro.ia. 
Native of Chili. 
Nat. Ord. Composira.—Tribe MoTIsSIE&. 
Genus Motista, Linn. f.; (DC. Prodr., vol. vii. p. 4). 
Moutista ilicifolia; glabra v. ramulis foliisque subtus araneoso-tomentosis, 
caule scandente angulato v. alato alis spinulosis, foliis sessilibus 
oblongo-cordatis truncatis v. 2-lobis spinoso-dentatis rigide coriaceis 
cirrhiferis, pedunculis axillaribus 1-floris, involucri eylindracei bracteis 
ovato-oblongis apice rotundatis muticis v. appendiculatis, v. infimis 
ovato-lanceolatis spinescentibus interdum refractis, floribus radii 8-12 
pallide roseis, ligula anguste lanceolata acuminata. 
Murista ilicifolia, Cav. Ic., vol. v. p. 68, t. 493; DC. Prodr., vol. vii. p. 73 
Hook. Bot. Mise., vol. i. p. 7, t.4; Paxton’s Magazine of Botany, vol. xv. 
t. 101, cum ic.; Gay Flor. Chilen., vol. iii. p. 266. 
M. ao Ruiz et Pav. Syst., p. 198; Less. in Linnea, 1830, p. 2714 
me 
M. auriculata, Less. ex Hook. et Arn. Comp. Bot. Mag., vol. i. p. 107. 
M. latifolia, Don in Trans, Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. p. 270; Sweet Brit. Fl. 
Gard., Ser. 2, t. 288. 
M. Gayana, Remy in Gay Flor. Ghilen., vol. iii. p. 268; Walp. Ann., 
vol. i. p. 990. 
M. Lechleri, Schultes Bipont. in Herb. Lechler. 
; A charming gréen-house plant, introduced into England 
im 1832, from Chili, where it appears to be common around 
Valparaiso and elsewhere, climbing amongst bushes. Sweet 
informs us it was then not uncommon in English collec- 
tions, but rarely flowered, whence he recommended its cul- 
tivation in the open border against a trellis. It next appeared 
in Pawton’s Magazine, since which I find no notice of it till 
October of last year, when my friend Mr. Wilson Saunders 
sent me the specimen from which the accompanying draw- 
ing was made. WM. ilicifolia is a very variable plant indeed, 
JANUARY Ist, 1873. 
