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The leaves of this species are deeply rnncinatej and form a 

 striking contrast in the dark colour of their upper surface with 

 the white of the lower side. In the specimens which T>r. 

 Gillies has heen so kind as to send me of this plant^ the florets 

 of the circumference are wanting ; they are probably similar 

 to those of M. ilicifolia. 



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MUTISIA INFLEXA. 



Mutisia iriflexa ; scandens, caule tereti angulato, foliis angusto-lineari- 



bus cirrhosis sessilibus, marginibus revolutis, (Tab. VI- ) 



Mutisia inflexa. Cav. Ic. 5. p. Q5. U 496. Willd. Sp. PL v. 3. p. 2070. 



Pers. St/n. PL v. 2. p. 453. Spreng. Syst. VegeL v. 3. p. 505. 



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Hab. Apud "Alto del Puente" in Chili. D. CruichhanJcs. 



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Caulis scandens, glaber, nunc subarachnoideo-tomentosus^ angulatus, 



flexuosus. Folia glabra, vel ad basin subtomentosa, duas ad 



raro 



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sessilia, marginibus revolutis, apice in cirrho attenuata. Flos 

 magnus, terminalis; squamis infimis involucri solummodo ap- 

 pendice acurainatis reflexis, reliquis obtusis erectis imbricatis. 

 Flares radii flavi. 



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Cavanilles describes the leaves of this species as dcflexcd 

 at the base, which indeed is the case with some of my speci- 

 mens from Mr.Cruickshanks; but then it appears to be owing 

 to the pendent direction of the branches, whence the leaves 

 take a curvature upwards to meet the light, for other branches 

 have not this peculiar disposition of their foliage. Again, 

 Willdenow describes the margins of the leaf as involute, ^^ ac 

 si inversa essent:** but they are certainly revolute, if my spe- 

 cies be the same as Willdenow's and Cavanilles's. 



