B61 



BLACKBRUSH 



Coleo'gyne ramosis'sima 



Flowers yellow, sometimes 

 brownish, solitary, at ends . of 

 short branclilets, subtended by 

 1 or 2 pairs of 3-lobed bracts, 

 without petals 



Stamens numerous, attached 

 to lower part of a sheath (torus) 

 surrounding the seed-producing 

 organ -(pistil) 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 4, 

 rather large (about % in. long), 

 yellow within, united near base, 

 persistent 



~~~ Torus membranous, somewhat 

 tubular, dilated below, nar- 

 rowed above into a 5-toothed 

 apex, about as long as sepals, 

 densely white-hairy within 



"Seed" (achene) solitary in 

 each flower, leathery, hairless, 

 with a rather long, twisted, 

 threadlike stalk (style) from 1 

 side; style persistent, conspicu- 

 ously and densely long-hairy 

 near its base 



Leaves small, opposite or often 

 crowded or La clusters, narrowly 

 club-shaped, flat above, 4- 

 grooved beneath, leathery in 

 texture, somewhat hairy 



Leaf hairs lying flat, attached 

 by their middle (enlarged) 



Branches opposite, numerous, 

 short, densely rebranched, spiny- 

 tipped at ends 



Bark gray or ashy, becoming 

 black in age 



