MUTISIA ILICIFOLIA. 



Syngenesia Superflua. Nat. Ord. Composit-^, Div. La- 

 BiATiFLOR.*, DeC. Perdicie.^e, Spreng. 



Gen. Char. Involncrim cylindricum imbricatum, squamosum ; squamis 

 latis. Beceptaculum nudum. Flosculi, t//5cz hermaphroditi, tubulosi, 

 5-dentati, demum in lacinias 2 — 5 aquales, vel in tres inajquales 

 fissi ; AnthercE bisetos^e ; radii foeminei, bilabiati ; labio inferiore 

 ligulam referente, tridentato, superiore minore bipartite, (raro in- 

 tegro V. nullo); rudimenta filamentorum 5. Papptis plumosus. 



Mutisia ilicifolia; glabra scandens, foliis amplexicaulibus cordato-ova- 

 libus spinoso-dentatis reticulatis cirrhiferis, pedunculis unifloris. 

 (Tab. IV.) 



Mutisia ilicifolia. Cav. Ic. 5. p. 6^. t. 493. Willd. Sp. PL v. 3. p. 2069. 

 Pers. Spi. PL v. 2. p. 453. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 505. 



Hab. Prope villam Vicenziam, in Chili. Z). Cruickshanks. 



Caulis ramosus ? scandens, angulatus, angulis subalatis nunc spinosis. 

 Folia sesquipoUicaria, remota, alterna, patentia, nunc reflexa, 

 coriacea, ovalia, basi cordata, amplexicaulia, apice truncata, mar- 

 gine repande dentato-spinosa ; reticulata, glabra, costa in cirrlio 

 longo simplici terminata. Pedunculus terminalis, solitarius, uni- 

 florus. Flos magnus, speciosus. Involucrum cylindraceum ; 

 squamis imbricatis, late-ovatis, membranaceis, appendice lanceo- 

 lata coriacea terminatis, infimis reflexis, supremis inappendicu- 

 latis, apice tomentosis. Flosculi, radii foeminei, duas uucias 

 longi, sanguinei, inferne tubulosi, apice ligulati, subbilabiati, 

 labio exteriore, seu ligula, apice tridentato, interiore minutissimo 

 erecto bifido: ore rudimentis staminum quinque. Gcrmcn ob- 

 longum, glabrum, pappo longo plumose basi unito terminatum. 

 Stylus flosculo brevior. Stigma inaqualiter bifidum. Floscidi, 

 disci hermapliroditi, bilabiati, labia exteriore ligulato, recurvato, 

 tridentato, interiore bipartite, laciniis arete revolutis. Stamina 

 prope medium tubi inserta. Anthercc exsertae, flava?, basi biaris- 

 tatse. Pistillum ut in focmineo : ad basin styli vagina cylindracea 



(fig. 3.) _ 



Among the Composito' there arc few plants more remarkalile 

 for the beauty of their flowers, and their varied and singular 



