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



lato-bilabiati ; labio exteriore tridentato ; interiore bipartito : 



laciniis linearibus, acutis, revolutis. Antherce basi bisetse 



(setis longis basi ramosis) appendiculd lineari, anthera ipsa 



paulo longiori, apice conniventi, obtusiuscula terminatae. 



Stigma bilobum : lobis lingulatis, obtusis, pruinosis, srepe 



facie interiore applicatis. Pappus valde plumosus, mollis- 



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. lalifolia, foliis basi decurrentibus cordato-ovalibus spi- 

 noso-dentatis integerrimisve subtus lanatis, radiis copiosis, 

 caule alato. 

 In Chili ad Valparaiso. D. Bridges. h c . 



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

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

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

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

 dulata, dentibus spinoso-mucronatis, utrinque lana. fugaci 

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

 cuis, reticulars, costfi basi latiore, apice in cirrhum longum 

 (3-uncialem) compressum, obtusum, spiraliter convolutum 

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

 licem lata : lobis posticis productis, rotunclatis, sinu baseos 

 decurrentibus. Flos terminalis, solitarius, subsessilis. Invo- 

 lucrum magnum, cylindricum, unciale, dense arachnoideo- 

 lanatum ; squamis intimis simplici ordine dispositis, limbo 

 dilatato, rotundato, membranaceo, margine lanuginoso ; ex- 

 terioribus appendice ovato-lanceolata spinoso-mucronata, 

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



spathulato- 



