of the Class Composite. 267 



mucronata, ips& squama breviore, patula ; intimis mucro- 

 nulatis, margine lanuginosis. Receptaculum nudum. Floscti/i 

 lutei! radii plures (8—14) foeminei, bilabiati, staminibus 

 sterilibus ; labio eateriore amplo, ligulato, obtuse tridenti- 

 culato, patulo ; interiore bipartito, laciniis linearibus, revo- 

 lutis ; disci tubulato-bilabiati ; labio exteriore trifido ; inte- 

 riore angustiore, bipartito ; utroque revoluto. Anthem basi 

 setis 2, attenuatis, simplicibus, longis aristatre, appendicula 

 lineari, apice intiexa, cartilaginea, interims carinata coro- 

 natee. Stylus teres, validus. Stigma bilobum : lobis bre- 

 vissimis, crassis, obtusis, conniventibus, pruinosis. Pappus 

 plumosus, cinereus, mollissimus. 



6. M. sinuata, nudiuscula ; foliis pinnatifidis basi attenuatis, 

 caule alato. 

 Mutisia sinuata. Cav. Ic. 5. p. 66. t. 499. Willd. Sp. PI. 3. 



p. 2070. 

 In Chili. Ruiz ct Pavon. t? . 



Caulis suftruticosus, scandens, flexuosus, alatus: alts dentatis, in- 

 terruptis, quod basin versus attenuatis, ibique obliteratis, 

 nee continuatis. Folia alterna, linearia, pinnatifida, dentata 

 v. grosse serrata, margine revoluta, basi attenuata, decur- 

 rentia, subcoriacea, utrinque nunc leviter lanuginosa, tunc 

 (praecipue in f«/uft/o/v7ws)glabriuscula,pollicariav.paul6 ul- 

 tra: lobis ovatis, mucronatis, retrorsis v. saepius porrecto-pa- 

 tulis. Cirrhi simplices, subulati, corneo-mucronati, folio di- 

 midio breviores, recurvati, vix revoluti. Flores terminates, 

 solitarii, sessiles. Involucrum cylindricum, vix longitudine 

 unciale : squamis subrotundis, adpressis, laevissimis, mar- 

 gine tantum lanuginosis ; exterioribus appendice lanceolata, 

 acuminata, stricta, glabra auctis. Flosculi purpurei ? radii 

 8, foeminei, ligulati, unilabiati, staminum rudimentis ; disci 



plures 



