132 NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLuME 21 
glabrate; basal leaves petiolate, the blades oblanceolate, 6-8 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide, obtuse 
or acutish, pilose above, pilose-sericeous beneath; cauline leaves short-petiolate, the blades 
orbicular to oval, 2-4 mm. long, obtuse or rounded at the apex, glabrate above, pilose beneath; 
flowers capitate, the heads much longer than the subtending leaves; bracts ovate to orbicular- 
ovate, nearly equaling the sepals, obtuse or rounded at the apex, white, scarious, glabrous; 
sepals 2.5-3 mm. long, lance-oblong, acute, faintly 3-nerved, green along the nerves, the 
margins white and scarious; filaments linear, dilated at the base; utricle oval; seed oval, 1.2 
mm. long, brown, shining, 
TYPE Locality: In a pine barren, Santa Clara, Cuba. 
DisTRIBUTION: Cuba, 
2. Gossypianthus Sheldoni (Uline & Bray) Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 395. 
1903. 
Gossypianthus lanuginosus Sheldoni Uline & Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 341. 1895. 
Caudex very stout, usually branched, densely pilose; stems few, prostrate, 5-15 cm. long, 
stout, sparsely branched, densely lanate; basal leaves petiolate, the blades oblanceolate to 
spatulate-obovate or obovate-oblong, 2.5-4.5 cm. long, 0.5-1.5 cm. wide, obtuse or rounded 
at the apex, long-attenuate at the base, pilose-sericeous or glabrate on the upper surface, 
densely pilose-sericeous beneath; cauline leaves short-petiolate, the blades oval or broadly 
oval, 0.8-2 cm. long, obtuse or acutish, densely pilose-sericeous beneath, less so or glabrate 
above; inflorescence densely crowded and very leafy, the flowers in dense spikes 5-10 mm. 
long and 4 mm, thick, these much shorter than the subtending leaves; bracts ovate-orbicular, 
much shorter than the calyx, obtuse, white, scarious, glabrous; sepals 2.5-3 mm. long, linear- 
lanceolate or lanceolate, long-acuminate, 3-nerved, green along the nerves, elsewhere white 
and scarious; filaments linear; seed 1 mm. long, reddish-brown, shining. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Cash Creek, Oklahoma. 
DIsTRIBUTION: On prairies, Oklahoma and northwestern Texas. 
3. Gossypianthus tenuiflorus Hook. Ic. under pl, 257. 1840. 
CE ia alec Uline & Bray, Bot. Gaz. 20: 340, in part. 1895. Not G. lanuginosus 
oq. 1849. 
Caudex simple; stems few or numerous, prostrate, 0.5—2 dm. long, slender, much branched, 
sparsely lanate or glabrate; basal leaves petiolate, the blades linear-oblanceolate or linear, 
1.5—4 cm. long, 1.5-4 mm. wide, acute at the apex, long-attenuate at the base, usually glabrous, 
the bases of the petioles pilose; cauline leaves short-petiolate, the blades elliptic, oblong, or 
oval, 5-15 mm. long, acute, glabrous, rarely slightly pilose-strigose beneath; flowers in dense 
spikes 5-10 mm. long and 6-7 mm. thick, these usually equaling or exceeding the subtending 
leaves; bracts ovate or broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, white, scarious, glabrous; sepals 
2.5-3 mm. long, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved, green along the nerves, 
elsewhere white and scarious, densely lanate; filaments lanceolate; seed oblong-ovoid, 1 mm. 
long, brown, shining. 
Type Locatiry: Texas. : 
DIsTRIBUTION: Oklahoma and eastern Texas to eastern New Mexico, 
4, Gossypianthus lanuginosus (Poir.) Mog. in DC. Prodr. 13*: 337. 
1849. 
Paronychia lanuginosa Poir. in Lam. Encye. Suppl. 4: 303. 1816. 
Gossypianthus rigidiflorus Hook. Ic. pl. 251. 1840. 
Celosia piloselloides Poit.; Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13?: 337, as synonym. 1849. 
Achyranthes piloselloides Poit.; Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13?: 337, as synonym. 1849, 
Illecebrum lanuginosum Poir.; Moq. in DC. Prodr. 132: 337, as synonym. 1849. 
Guilleminea lanuginosa Benth. & Hook. Gen. Pl. 3: 37. 1880. 
Caudex simple, lanate; stems numerous, ascending or prostrate, 1-2 dm. long, stout or 
slender, much branched, lanate, sometimes glabrate in age; basal leaves petiolate, the blades 
oblong-oblanceolate to obovate-spatulate, 1.5-6.5 cm. long, 3-10 mm. wide, obtuse or rounded 
at the apex, long-attenuate at the base, sparsely appressed-pilose or glabrate on the upper 
