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spathulato-oblongi, obtuse triclentato, multinervio, labello 

 interiore aucti, hujus laciniae lineares, erect*, brevissimae, 

 staminibus sterilibus; disci circiter 30, tubulato-bilabiati : 

 tubo 5-angulo : labiis revolutis ; exterior e ligulato, obtuse tri- 

 dentato ; interiore bipartito : segmentis linearibus, obtusis, 

 revolutis, binerviis. Stamina tubo inserta : fdamenta com- 

 pressa, pubescentia, apice articulata. Anthcrce exsertae, in 

 tubum coalitae, appendicula ligulata obtusa callosa coro- 

 natae, basi bisetosas : setis longis, compressis, canaliculars, 

 basi ramosis, nunc rarius bipartitis. Stylus 5-angulus, basi 

 clavatus, glaber. Stigma bilobum : lobis brevissimis, obtu- 

 sis, minute papillosis. Achenia ancipiti-compressa, leviter 

 quadrangula, glabra : disco epigyno dilatato, planiusculo. 

 Pappus sordide cinereus : radiis simplici ordine copiosis, 

 contiguis, plumosis, basi dilatatis, apice mucronulatis. 

 Specimens of this Mutisia were collected in the neighbourhood 

 of Valparaiso by Mr. Thomas Bridges, an enterprising young bo- 

 tanist, from whose exertions we may confidently expect many va- 

 luable additions to the Chilian Flora. Mr. Bridges informs me 

 that the plant flowers in October, and that the rays are pink. 



**** Foliis simplicibus, integerrimis. 

 10. M. inflexa, foliis deflexis perangustis cirrhosis, involucri 

 squamis appendiculatis. 

 Mutisia inflexa. Cav. Ic. 5. p. 65. t. 496. Willd. Sp. PL 3. 



p. 2070. Hook. Bot. Misc. I. p. 9. t. 6. 

 M. subulata. Ruiz et Pavon Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. et Chil. i. 



p. 193. 

 M. linearifolia. Hook. I. c. p. 1 1 . t . 8. non Cav. 

 In Chili in sylvis arenosis prope urbem Conceptionis (Ruiz et 

 Pavon) ; ad Valparaiso et Cucha-Cucha. Ludovicas Nee. ^ . 

 Caulis suffruticosus, scandens, teres, flexuosus, ramosissimus, ut 

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