Drummondiane. N. O. Composite. 
TAB. CXLII. 
Bracuyris RAMOSISSIMA. 
Annua glabra valde paniculatim racemosa, ramulis gracilibus 
angulatis, foliis alternis filiformi-setaceis, capitulis solitariis, 
involucro obovato glutinoso, acheniis extus hirsutis, pappo 
radii corona brevissima fimbriata, disci e paleis 5 lineari-sub- 
spathulatis corollam subsequantibus basi in | tubum brevem 
unitis, 
Haz. Texas. II. (m. 155.) Drummond. 
An annual very much branched plant, the stem and principal 
branches rounded, the ramuli angled. Flowers numerous, deep 
fulvous yellow. Ray of 6—8 florets, of which the pappus is 
very short and imperfect; that of the disk on the contrary is 
formed of 5 linear scales, broader upwards, nearly as long as the 
corolla and united below into a short tube. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. Floret of the ray. jf. 3. Achenium of 
do. f. 4. Floret of the disk. f 5. Corolla of the disk laid open. 
J. 6. Apex of the style and stigma. f. 7. Pappus of the discal 
floret :—magnified. 
