Drummondiane. N. O. Composite. 
TAB. CXLVII. 
Bracuyris MICROCEPHALA. 
Fruticosa paniculato-ramosissima, ramulis herbaceis angulatis 
strictis gracilibus, foliis alternis linearibus, capitulis solitariis, 
involucro obovato glutinoso, acheniis glabris, pappo radii nullo, 
disci e paleis 5—7 brevissimis dentiformibus. 
Brachyris microcephala. De Cand. Prodr, v. 5. p. 313. 
B. parviflora. Hook. in Herb. Drum. 
Has. Sullico, Mexico. Berlandier. San Felipe, Texas. II. 
n. 228. Drummond. 
De Candolle’s character, though differently worded from the 
one above given, seems intended to characterize the same plant 
as is here represented, and in both cases the small size of the 
flowers or capitula has suggested the specific name. The main 
stem and base of the larger branches are decidedly woody, the 
lesser branches dark green and angled, singularly slender, almost 
virgate and fastigiate. Radial florets 5—7. 
Fig. 1, Flower. f. 2. Scale of the involucre. jf. 3. Radial 
floret. f. 4. Achenium of the same. f. 5. Floret of the disk. 
J: 6. Upper part of the style and stigma. J. 7. Achenium of the 
disk, 
