266 Mr. D. Don's Descriptions of jiew Genera and Species 



dulosa. Anthcrce in tubum pentagonum coalitae, appendi- 

 culd lineari, obtus^ terminatae, basi bisetosae : setis longis, 

 basi ramulosis. Stylus filiformis, glaber, basi incrassatus. 

 Stigma bilobum : lobis brevissimis, obtusis, papillosis, par- 

 tim connatis. Achenia compressiuscula, disco parv^m con- 

 cava, non dilatata, glabra. Pappi radiis copiosis, contiguis, 

 pluraosis, cinereo-fulvellis, mollissimis. 



The appellation of speciosa being so truly inapplicable to this 

 species, I have preferred the unpublished one given to it by 

 Dr. Martius. The plant was imported into this country from 

 some continental nursery, where the name of speciosa no doubt 

 originated. 



** Foliis pinnatifidis, basi decurrentibus. 



5. M. retrorsa, niveo-lanata ; foliis runcinatis, caule tereti. 

 Mutisia retrorsa. Cav. Ic. 5. p. 65. t. 498. 

 M, runcinata. Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 2069. Hook. Bat. Misc. 1. 



p. 8. t.5. 

 In Chili {Ruiz et Pavon) ; ad Fretum Magellanicum. Ludo- 



vicus NSe et P. P. King, tj . 



Planta suffruticosa, sesqui- v. bipedalis. Caulis scandens, cylin- 

 dricus, flexuosus, undique lana fugaci nive^ copios^ obrutus, 

 demilm nudus. Folia alterna, basi decurrenti edentulA, lan- 

 ceolata, acuminata, runcinata, coriacea, margine revoluta, 

 subtils densfe niveo-lanata, costd prorainenti, supr^ minils 

 copios^ lanata, et tandem denudata, perlucida, uncialia v. 

 sesquiuncialia, 10 lineas v. paulo ultra lata : lobis triangulari- 

 ovatis, spinoso-mucronatis. Cirrhi simplicissimi, nunc bi- 

 partiti, compresso-filiformes, obtusiusculi, revoluti, glabri, 

 vix unciales. Flores terminales, solitarii, subsessiles. In- 

 volucrum unciale, cylindricum : squamis subrotundo-ovali- 

 bus, adpressis ; exterioribus appendice lanceolata, spinoso- 



mucronatA, 



