of the Class Compositce. 259 



1. E. salsoloides. 



In Chili. Ruiz et Pavon. ©. 



The naked receptacle, the rays of the pappus disposed in a 

 simple series, and the habit of the plant itself, readily distinguish 

 this genus from the rest of this group. 



Trib. 7. Mutise^. Receptaculum nudum. FloscuU difFormes : 

 disci tripartite- bilabiati. Antherarum aristis subplumosis. 

 Stigmata obtusa, pruinosa, partim connata. Frutices scepe 

 scandentes, foiiis apice cirrhosis ! 



MUTISIA, L. 



Involucrum polyphyllum, multiplici serie imbricatum : squamis 

 latis, integerrirais. Receptaculum nudum. FloscuU radii 

 foeminei, ligulati : ligula ampla, multinervia (nervis 10 v. 

 15 parallelis, nunc supern^ dichotomis, extimis long^ intra- 

 marginalibus), apice tridentata, fauce sgep^ ad interiils den- 

 tibus (labello interiore) accessoriis lineari-setaceis munita ; 

 disci masculi : tubo 10-nervio : limbo a\th tripartito-bilabiato ; 

 labio interiore bipartite, revoluto, segmentis binerviis ; ex- 

 teriore multcj majore, ligulato, 8-nervio (nervis alternis se- 

 cundariis prope apicem omnin6 obliteratis) obtusfe triden- 

 ticulato. AnthercB omnin6 exsertae, in tubum connatae, 

 appendicula longissimA,, lineari-ligulat^, obtus^, coriaceA 

 terminatae, basi biaristatae : aristis praelongis, pubescenti- 

 bus, subplumosis. Stylus basi callosus. Stigma bilobum : 

 lobis obtusis, pruinosis. Achenia linearia, compresso-qua- 

 drangula, glabra : disco epigyno pariim dilatato. Pappus 

 deciduus : radiis validis, compressiusculis, filamentoso-plu- 

 mosis, simplici ordine copiosis, contiguis : villis mollissimis, 

 caducis. 



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