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BurRRIELIA GRACILIS. SLENDER BuRRIELIA. 
KEE KEE EEE EER ERE 
Class and Order. 
SyNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composrrz-SENECIONIDEZ. ) 
Generic Character. 
Capitulum multiflorum heterogamum, fl. radii ligulatis 
‘foemineis obovatis, disci plurimis tubulosis 5-fidis hermaph- 
roditis aut interdum abortu sterilibus. Involucri patenti- 
campanulati sqguame ovales acuminate disco paulo lon- 
giores uni-aut biseriales subalterne equales. Recept. 
epaleaceum. Cor. disci lobis extus tenue barbellatis. Styli 
disci rami cono brevi terminati. Achenia gracilia lineari- 
subtetragona, radii fere obcompressa pappo longe bi- seu 
triaristato, disci pappo 3—4-phyllo, paleis lanceolato-aris- 
tatis corollam longitudine subeequantibus. De Cand. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Burrieia* gracilis; ligulis et involucris (8) -10— 12. 
DC. 
Burrietsa gracilis. De Cand. Prodr. ». 5, p. 664. Hook. 
et Arn. Bot. of Beech. Voy. p. 354. 
A Genus, of which the present and two other species 
were discovered in California by Mr. Dovexas, nearly 
allied to Lastuenta, but readily distinguished by the differ- 
ent structure of the involucre: and, indeed, the present 
species is often cultivated in our gardens under the name of 
Lastaenta Californica. It is a hardy annual, flowering - 
the 
* So named by Dz CANDOLLE, in honour of JOHN Mark Burriet, 
who published, in 1758, the journey of VENEGAS into California, a coun- 
try of which all the species of this Genus are natives. 
