270 Mr. D. Don's Descriptions of new Genera and Species 



lato-bilabiati ; labio exteriore tridentato ; interiore bipartite : 

 laciniis linearibus, acutis, revolutis. Antherce basi bisetae 

 (setis longis basi ramosis) appendicul^ lineari, anther^ ips^ 

 paul6 longiori, apice conniventi, obtusiuscula terminatee. 

 Stigma bilobum : lobis lingulatis, obtusis, pruinosis, saepb 

 facie interiore applicatis. Pappus valde plumosus. tnollis- 

 simus, cinereus. 



For the opportunity of adding this truly distinct species to 

 the genus Mutisia I am indebted to 'Mr. Caldcleugh, by whom 

 specimens of it as well as of the preceding were transmitted to 

 Mr. Lambert. 



9. M. latifolia, foliis basi decurrentibus cordato-ovalibus spi- 

 noso-dentatis integerrimisve subtds lanatis, radiis copiosis, 

 caule alato. 

 In Chili ad Valparaiso. D. Bridges, tj . 



Caulis fruticosus, ramosus, scandens, alatus. Rami alati, foliosi : 

 alis 3, latis, foliaceis, dentatis. Folia conferta, amplexi- 

 caulia, cordato-ovalia, coriacea, apice rotundata et emar- 

 ginata, aut omnin6 truncata, margine dentato-serrata, un- 

 dulata, dentibus spinoso-mucronatis, utrinque land fugaci 

 vestita, supra demi\m nuda, viridia, venis siccitate conspi- 

 cuis, reticulatis, cost4 basi latiore, apice in cirrhum longum 

 (3-uncialem) compressum, obtusura, spiraliter convolutum 

 prodeunte ; sesqui- v. bipoUicaria, pollicem v. sesquipol- 

 licem lata: lobis posticis productis, rotundatis, sinu baseos 

 decurrentibus. Flos terminalis, solitarius, subsessilis. I71V0- 

 liicrum magnum, cylindricum, unciale, densb arachnoideo- 

 lanatum ; squamis intimis simplici ordine dispositis, limbo 

 dilatato, rotundato, membranaceo, margine lanuginoso ; ex- 

 terioribus appendice ovato-lanceolatd spinoso-mucronatd, 

 patenti auctis. Flosculi radii plures (14) rosei, ligulati, 



spathulato- 



