oe ae 
( 3716 ) 
DRACOPIS AMPLEXICAULIS. STEM-CLASPING- 
LEAVED DracopPlis. 
KKK EERE EEE EK EK KEE KEE 
Class and Order. 
SyNnGENESIA F’RUSTRANEA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composir2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Achenium pappo calloso coroniformi coronatum, sectione 
transversa orbiculari areola laterali. Corolla disco subcy- 
lindraceo, dentibus reflexis. Anthere incluse. Stylus disci 
ramis appendiculo lineari terminatis.—Herba perennis ; foliis 
cordato-lanceolatis, alternis amplexicaulibus, levibus, inte- 
gris ; capitulis terminalibus, solitariis, radio luteo, disco ob- 
scuro, rachide conica (bracteata). Less. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Dracopis io ae 
Dracoris amplexicaul 
i@ Cass. Dict. Sc. Nat. 0.85. p. 273. » 
Less. Compos. p. 226. De Cand. Prodr. v. 5. p. 558. . 
Drum. Coll. N. Orl. n. 188. Ej. Texas IID. n. 213. 
Rupsecki amplexicaulis. Vahl. a . 
R. amplexifolia. Jacq. Ic. Rar. v. 3. p. 592. Pursh, Fl. 
Am. v. 2. p. 573. 
~(8.) minor; foliis fere omnino integerrimis. Tab. nostr. 
3716. (excl. f. A.) id 
Rupsecksa perfoliata. Cav. Ie. v. 3. p. 27. t. 252. 
In its perfectly glabrous and amplexicaul leaves, with 
their cartilaginous margin, this plant differs strikingly 
from the other species of Ruppeckia with which it was 
united by most Botanists. Cassini first separated it, but 
rather as a sub-genus, and Lessine has established it as a 
Genus, founding the character chiefly on the different form 
of 
