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Mutisia (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 401, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

M. breviflora (short-flowered). fl.-heads 1in. in diameter; ray florets orange-red, 3/4in. long, nearly 1/2in. broad, obtuse; disk yellow. l. pale green, ovate-oblong, retuse or emarginate, cordate at base, 2 1/4in. long, 1 1/4in. broad, the margins armed with somewhat distant, spiny teeth, the midrib produced into a tendril. Chilian Andes, 1885. Greenhouse, scrambling shrub. (R. G. 1163, f. 1.) M. versicolor (various-coloured). fl.-heads, ray florets orange, banded with dark brown, 1 1/4in. long, 1/8in. broad, linear, spreading; disk yellow; involucre cylindrical. l. linear-subulate, armed, revolute-margined, rigid, produced in a short, reddish tendril. Stem terete, striated, flexuous, wingless. Chilian Andes, 1884. (R. G. 1163, f. 2.) M. viciaefolia (Vetch-leaved). fl.-heads orange, showy; involucre long, cylindrical. l. pinnate, ending in a tendril; leaflets numerous, lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Peru, 1887. A handsome, greenhouse climber.