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 MUTISIA LINIFOLIA. 



Mutisia linifolia ,• caule fruticoso erectiusculo, follis 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, semiunciam fere ad duas uncias longa. Flores 

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

 taneurn, cylindraceum, squamis omnibus scariosis oblongis erectis, 

 imbricatis, appressis. Flosculi radii desunt in meis exemplaribus, 

 disci involucre paulo longiores, erecti, bilabiati, siccitate flavi. 



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 Linmn maritimum ; or if the flowers be 

 taken in conjunction with the leaves, it bears a striking 

 resemblance to some of the smaller Cape ProteacecB. The 

 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. 



