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. " MUTISIA LINIFOLIA 



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Mutisia linifolia j caule fruticoso erectiusculo, foliis confertis anguste 



lineari-lanceolatis planis, (Tab. IX.) 



Hab. El Camino de las Minas de Uspallata. Fl. Martio. D. Gillies. 



Frutex^ ut videtur, parva, basi decumbens, dein erecta, ramosa, ramis 



erectis. Folia undique inserta, conferta, ubique glaberrima, erecta, 

 vel erecto-patentia, semiunciara fere ad duas uncias longa. Florcs 

 oblongi, fere sessiles et foliis subimmersi. Invdlucrum fusco-cas- 



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taneum, cylindraceum, squamis omnibus scariosis oblongis erectis, 

 imbricatis, appressis. Flosctdi radii desunt in mels exemplaribus, 

 disci involucro paulo longiores, erecti, biiabiati, siccitate flavi. 



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This singular species of Mutisia was gathered by Dr. Gil- 

 lies, near the celebrated mines of Uspallata in South America^ 

 and proves quite different from any hitherto described. It 

 forms a small shrub, with numerous branches, and leaves 

 not unlike those of Linum maritimum ; or if the flowers be 



striking 

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taken in conjunction with the leaves, it bears a 

 resemhlance to some of the smaller Cape Proieacece 



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margins of the foliage are not in the slightest degree revo- 

 lute, nor is there the least appearance of a tendril, or even of 

 a hardened point at the extremity of the leaves. 



