of the Class CompositcB. 2,6t 



mucronat^, ipsA squam^ breviore, patuM ; iutimis mucro- 

 nulatis, raargine lanuginosis. Receptaculum nudum. Flosculi 

 lutei ! radii plures (8 — 14) foeminei, bilabiati, staminibus 

 sterilibus ; labio exteriore amplo, ligulato, obtus^ tridenti- 

 culato, patulo ; interiore bipartite, laciniis linearibus, revo- 

 lutis ; disci tubulato-bilabiati ; labio exteriore trifido ; inte- 

 riore angustiore, bipartite ; utroque revoluto. Antherce basi 

 setis 2, attenuatis, simplicibus, longis aristatee, appendicula 

 lineari, apice inflexA, cartilagine^, interiils carinatd coro- 

 natae. Stylus teres, validus. Stigma bilobum : lobis bre- 

 vissimis, crassis, obtusis, conniventibus, pruinosis. Pappus 

 plumosus, cinereus, moUissimus. 



6. M. sinuaia, nudiuscula ; foliis pinnatifidis basi attenuatis, 

 caule alato. 

 Mutisia sinuata. Cav. Ic. 5. p. 66. t. 499- Willd. Sp. PI. 3. 



p. 2070. 

 In Chili. Ruiz et Pavon. ^ . 



Caulis sufFruticosus, scandens, flexuosus, alatus : alis dentatis, in- 

 terruptis, quod basin versus attenuatis, ibique obliteratis, 

 nee continuatis. Folia alterna, linearia, pinnatifida, dentata 

 V. gross^ serrata, margine revoluta, basi attenuata, decur- 

 rentia, subcoriacea, utrinque nunc leviter lanuginosa, tunc 

 (pra3cipu^ in af/?</^/on"Z>Hs)glabriuscula,pollicariav.paul6 ul- 

 tra: lobis ovatis, raucronatis, retrorsis v. saepiiis porrecto-pa- 

 tulis. Cirrhi simplices, subulati, corneo-mucronati, folio di- 

 midio breviores, recurvati, vix revoluti. Flores terminales, 

 solitarii, sessiles. Involucrum cj'lindricum, vix longitudine 

 unciale : squamis subrotundis, adpressis, laevissimis, mar- 

 gine tanti\m lanuginosis ; exterioribus appendice lanceolate, 

 acuminate, strict^, glabra auctis. Flosculi purpurei ? radii 

 8, foeminei, ligulati, unilabiati, staminum rudimentis; disci 



plures 



