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MUTISIA LINEARIFOLIA. 



Mutisia lincarifolia ; scandens (?) caule tereti, folils linearibus aplcc 



acutis rigidis.subspinosis rectis vel uncinatis, mar<^Inibus revolutis. 

 (Tab. VIII.) 



Mutisia linearifolia. Cav. Ic. 5. p. Q6. t. 500. W'dld. Sp. PL v. 3. 



p. 2071. P. 

 p,B05. 



Spreng, Sjjst. Vcget. v. 3. 



Hab. Apud « Alto de la Laguna " et " Los Ojos de Agua," in de- 



SCensu CordillercB versus regnum Chilense. Fl. Martio. D. Gillies. 



Caulis flexuosus, scandens? fniticosus, ut et tota planta, gluberrimus, 

 vix angulatuSj pallide fiiscus* Folia conferta, undique inserta, 

 non raro subsecunda, sesquiunclam longa, pallide viridia, linearia, 



i- 



sessilia, margine revoluta, apice acutissima, subspinosa^ recta, 

 ssepe uncinata, sed non omnino cirrliosa. Flos magnus pulcher- 

 rimus. Involucri saiiamcB infima? acuminatse, reflexa?, reliaute ob- 



Flosculi 



H.- 



Pappus albus 



It is evident that in this and prohably in all the other species^ 

 the florets of the disk are at first tubular^ bursting at the ex- 

 tremity into five teeth. Generally, tsvo of these teeth, sepa- 

 rating still lower down, become revolate, while the portion 

 havinsr the three terminal teeth is bent back ; hence the bila- 



biate corolla is formed, such as is represented at Tub. IV. y. 2. 

 It must be allowed that this species (which I think is the 

 same as the M. linearifolia of Cavanilles, notwithstanding the 

 disposition of the foliage to become cirrhose) approaches very 

 nearly to the M. injiexa Tab. VI. HerC;, however^ the leaves 

 are shorter and broader^ and never terminated by an actual 

 tendril. The stems, too, are more robust; less, if at all, 

 scandent ; the leaves more crowded ; and the flowers larger. 



