The leaves of this species are deeply runciiiate, and form a 

 striking contrast in the dark colour of their upper surface with 

 the white of the lower side. In the specimens which Dr. 

 Gillies has been so kind as to send me of this plant, the florets 

 of the circmnference are wanting ; they are probably similar 

 to those of J/. ilicifoUa. 



MUTISIA INFLEXA. 



Mutisia injlcxa ,- scandens, caule tereti aiigulato, foliis angustolineari- 

 bus cirrhosis sessilibus, marginibus revolutis. (Tab. VI.) 



^lutisia intlexa. Cav. Ic. 5. p. Q5. t. 498. Willd. Sp.PL v. S. p. COTO. 

 Pers. Si/n. PI. v. 2. p. 4^53. Sprcng. Si/st. J't'gff. r. S. p. 505. 



Hab. Apud " Alto del Pueute " in Chili. D. Cruickshanks. 



Caulis scandens, glaber, nunc subarachnoideo-tomentosus, angiilatus, 

 flexuosus. Folia glabra, vel ad basin subtomentosa, duas ad 

 quatuor uncias longa, directione varia, non rai'o detlexa, vel basi 

 detlexa sursum curvata, omnia angusto-linearia, vel subtilitbrmia, 

 sessilia, marginibns revolutis, apice in cirrho attenuaui. Flos 

 magnus, terniinalis; squamis infimis involucri solummodo aj">- 

 pendice acuminatis reflexis, reliquis obtusis erectis imbricatis. 

 Flares radii Havi. 



Cavanilles describes the leaves of this species as deflexed 

 at the base, which indeed is the case with some of my speci- 

 mens from Mr.Cruickshanks; but then it appears to be owing 

 to the pendent direction of the branches, whence the leaves 

 take a curvature upwards to meet the light, for other branches 

 have not this peculiar disposition of their foliage. Again, 

 Willdenow describes the margins of the leaf as involute, " ac 

 si inversa essent :" but they are certainly rcvohitc, if my spe- 

 cies be the same as Willdcnow's and Cavanilles's. 



