548 LXII. COMPOSITÆ. [Cotula. 
sometimes sterile, 4- or 5-toothed.  Anthers obtuse at the base. Style 
branches obtuse or truncate, or the style Miei undivided.  Achenes 
flattened, sometimes winged, without any pappu — Herbs, usually small or 
decumbent, with iioii entire lobed or Tesected leaves. Flower-heads 
small, pedunculate. 
A considerable genus, nr over the warmer and temperate aen : se e GE 
with a few American species. Of the nine pier ae n species, one is 
e regions both of the northern and southern vines ie voie "is fo e in 1$ Ge 
a third in New Zealand, the remaining six appear to be ende 
` Secr. I. Cotula.— Receptacle flat or conver. Achenes of the female florets on lon 
stalks, in a single row. Female florets without any corolla. 
Involucral rea very broad. Disk-achenes not winged. Leaves not 
sheathing at the base, filiform, entire . 1. C. filifolia. 
Involucral E ovate ie oblon ng. Disk- achenes "mostly winged. 
Leave 8 sheathing at the bas SC 
Plant of 1 to 2 in So? fliform entire leave 2. C. integrifolia. 
Plant often attaining 6 in. or more. Soin mostly lanceolate o or Sec? 
oblong and toothed 2. C. coronopifolia. 
T. Il. Strongylosperma.— Receptacle flat or conver. Achenes 7 p ier? 
Worse numerous, in several rows, pss or stipitate. Female florets witho 
iria is » CS? florets with broad thin wings: Leaves linear or 
. 4. C. gymnogyne. 
filifo 
ates c of Me pe florets with narrow e thick wings or ‘obtuse edges. 
s dissecte i 
zen slender. Pointe filiform, mostly longer than the leaves. 5. C. australis. 
tems short, stout. Peduncles thick, Robes fn shorter ae the : 
vol . 6. C. alpina. 
Sec. III. Leptinella.— Recenlacle conical. Achenes of the ray in several TP 
sessile. Female florets with a short corolla. 
Glabrous or nearly so. Female florets inflated 8. C. reptans. 
Stems woolly-hai 
Leaves simply pin nate. , Female florets conical . + + - * * 7 oH EN rummondii 
Leaves twice pinnate. Female florets inflated. ee * 
Section I. Corura.— Receptacle flat or convex. 
florets in a single row, on long stalks. Fe male florets without an 
At the time of flowering the female florets sometimes appear early sessile, D e 
grow out considerably as the achene ripens, and usually persist des it has fallen 
1. C.flifolia, Thunb; DO. Prod. vi. 77. A small mucka i 
annual, glabrous or sprinkled with a few Keen with slender ascending e? : 
rarely above 6 in. long. Leaves narrow-linear or erg entire, e ei? : 
lated and stem-clasping at the base, mostly 4 to 1 in. long. pepe ti 
, e section 
corolla. 
Achenes of the female 
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and slender, sometimes dilated under the ën) as in th I volücr - 
genus Cenia ower-heads smaller than in C. coronopifolia: en flat 0 
s few, broad, very obtuse, with scarious margins. vert disk- 
slightly convex. Female florets in a single row, without any 
florets scarcely dilated at the base. Achenes of the female florets, 
