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MUTISIA SUBSPINOSA 



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Mutisia subspihbsa ; scandens, caule alato, foliis lineari-lanceolatis den- 



tato-spinosis basi decurrentibus apice cirrhosis. (Tab. VIL) 



Mutisia 



Cav. Ic. 3. ^. 64. t. 495. Willd. 



p. 2070. Pers. 



Spreng. Si/st. VegeL v. 3 



p. 505. 



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Cav. Ic, 5. p. 66. U 499. Spreng. SysL VegeL v. 3 



p. 505. 



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Hab. Prope villain Vicenziam in Chili, Z). Gillies et CruicJcshanJcs. 



Caulis tripedalis, scandens, flexuosus, angulatus, utrinque late alatiis; 



alis sinuato-spinosis. Folia subcoriacea, pallida viridia, glabra, 

 lineari-lanceolata, basi latiora, utrinque longe decurrentia, apice 

 sensim in cirrho simplici attenuata, margine subsinuato-dentata, 

 dentibus spinulosis, nunc onmino integerrlma, et, non rare, vix 

 . decurrentia. Flares magni, speciosi, terminales, solitarii. Jnvo- 

 lucrum fere bipollicare, squamis imbricatis, inferioribus appendi- 

 culatis, infimis appendicibus reflexis. Flosculi radii pulcherrimi, 

 aurei, apice tridentati. 



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This is perhaps the most beautiful of the simple-leaved Mu- 

 iisiiB. It is hardly possible to conceive a more desirable plant 

 for our hothouses; and it is doubly recommended by the 



ularity of its foliage. Unquestionably the species, jud 



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from the specimens that have been sent me by Dr. Gillies and 

 Mr. Cruickshanks, is liable to vary in the more or less deeply 

 toothed or even entire margins of the leaves, and in the pre- 

 sence^ absence, or breadth of the wings of the stem. Hence 

 I am inclined to think that the M. shiuata of Cavanillcs is 

 scarcely distinct from this species. 



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Dr. Gillies observes, that this and all the family of Mutism 

 are known in the language of the country by the name of 

 JEstrella. 



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