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MUTISIA ILICIFOLIA. 



Syngenesia SuVerflua. Nat. Ord. Composite, Div. La- 



BiATiFLOR/E, DeC, Perdicie.*, Svrciig. 



Gen. Char, Involucrum cylindricumimbricatum, squarrtosum ; squamis 



Floscidi 



5-dentati, demuin in lacinias 2—5 ccquales, vel in tres inasquales 

 fissi,- Anf/icra^ hisetossE ; radii foominei, bilabiati; labio inferiore 

 Hgulam referente, tridentato, superiore minore bipartito, (raro in- 

 tegro V. iiullo); rudimenta filamentorum 5. Pappus plumosus. 



Mutisia ilicijblia 



imifloi 



(Tab. IV.) 



Mutisi 



Pi 



liclfolia. Cav. Ic. 5. p. 63. t. 4-93. Willd. Sp. PL v. 3. p. 2069. 

 rs. Syn. PI, v. 2. p. 453. Spreng. Si/si. Vegct. v. 3. p. 505. 



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Hab. Prope villain Vicenziam, in Chili. Z). Cmichltanks. 



Caulis famosus? scandens, angulatus, angulis subalatis nunc spinosis. 

 Folia sesquipollicaria, remota, alterna, patentia, nunc reflexo, 

 coriacea, ovalia, basi cordata, amplexicaulia, apice truncata, mar- 

 gine repande dentato-spinosa ; reticulata, glabra, costa in cirrho 

 longo simplici terminata. Pedtincutus terminalis, solitarius, uni- 

 florus. Flos magnus, speciosus. Involucrum cylindraceum ; 

 squamis imbricatis, late-ovatis, membranaceis, appendice lanceo- 

 lata coriacea terminatis, infimis reflexls, supremis inappendicu- 

 latis, apice tomentosis. Flosctdi^ radii foeminei, duas unclas 

 longi, sanguine!, inferne tubulosi, apice ligulati, subbilabiati, 

 labio exteriore, seu ligula^ apice tridentato, interiore minutissimo 

 erecto bifido; ore rudimentis staminum quinque. German ob- 

 longum, glabrum, pappo longo pluraoso basi unito teriiiinatuin. 

 Sti^lus flosculo brevior. Stigma inasqualiter bifidum. Floscidiy 

 disci hermaphroditic bilabiati, labio exteriore ligulato, recurvato, 



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tridentato, interiore bipartito, laciniis arete revolutis. Stamina 

 prope medium tubl inserta, AntJierce exserta^, flavce, basi biaris- 

 tat^. Pistillum ut in foemineo : ad basin styli vagina cylindracea 



Among the Composite there are few plants more remarkable 

 for the beauty of their flowers^ and their varied and singular 



