402 COMPOSITAE 
narrowed at the base but never notched, ence goo? ge the body of the achene with incurved 
cuspidate lobes much shorter than the indurated s 
native of Chile, well_established as a weed along - coast and adjacent ranges; Lincoln County, bi, 
southward in Cali uae rnia to Santa Barbara County; also adventive in lawns in southern California. Type locality 
Chile. April—Jun 
Soliva Deicivone was originally described by Nuttall from specimens collected at Santa Barbara in which 
the Sah: of the achenes are quite narrow. a width of the wing is quite variable and specimens with wide and 
with narrow wings are found in the same colo: 
vA Paps cat A (Juss.) Less. South American Soliva. Fig. 5690. 
yles pt Juss. Ann. Mus. Paris 4: 262. pl. 61. fig. 3. 1804. 
R. I oir. Sexy 6: 127. 1804. 
Soliva aad tle al Syn. Comp. 268. 1832. 
Soliva bare ma DC. Prod. 6: 143. 1837. 
Soliva se hen of authors, not Ruiz & Pav. 
Habit, height, leaves, and inflorescence as in S. sessilis. Body of the achene about 3 mm. long 
or less not including the indurated style, obovate in outline, planoconvex, hispidulous on both 
faces, the wings rin or incurved, each about 1 mm. wide at its greatest width, glabrous and 
somewhat cartilaginous, becoming thinner on a extreme edge, deeply notched near the bi se and 
extended above the body of the achene into cuspidate-tipped lobes that are shorter than the in- 
durated style. 
Occasional along roadsides and waste places; a South American herb introduced in the Sierra Nevada foot- 
; mo elie ary yo es County to Tuolumne County y; also adventive in Australia and New Zealand. 
y 
104. COTULA [Tourn.] L. Sp. Pl. 891. 1753. 
w, diffuse or creeping, strong-scented, annual or perennial herbs. Leaves oseloat 
a 
persisting on the receptacle, compressed, margined or winged. Pappus a short crown or 
A genus of about 50 species y on distribution in the tania and subtropical regions of the world. 
Type species, Cotula coronopifolia 
Leaves pinnately cleft or entire, with a sheathing base, glabrous. Pigs, ele olia. 
Leaves pinnately or bipinnately dissected, without a sheathing base, more or less villous. ram Sg 
s a coronopifélia L. Brass Buttons. Fig. 5691. 
Cotula coronopifolia L. Sp. P' 1753. 
Lancisia coronoptfolia Rydb. 5 Ray Fl, 34: 286. 1916. 
Rather ene glabrous ihe ge branching from the base, decumbent ane sh Oee root- 
ing from the s, 5-30 cm. long. Leaves sessile with a sheathing, ponent ous base, linear, 
lanceolate, or sem entire, Soothe. or with narrow lobes, 1-6 cm. long; = si bright af ellow, 
solitary from the upper leaf-axils, on peduncles 1-5 cm. long; eats flat-hemispher 5-11 
mm. broad; phyllaries in 3 subequal series, oblong-lanceolate or ‘elliptic ; Faces srieal b istillate flowers 
a single series, corolla lacking ; disk-flowers tubular ; achenes or marginal flowers shorter than 
he pedicel, conspic cuously winged and e — ate above eal below, the checies of the disk-flowers 
ead epee vite ate, not winged; pappus none. 
ommon in tidal flats set _ coast o eae nland in wet places; British Columbia south to northern 
Lower ear: also on the Atlantic Gonet and a ak elsewhere especially in the southern hemisphere. 
A native of South Africa. ies ie 
2 Cotula australis (Sieber) Hook f. Australian Cotula. Fig. 5692. 
Anacy stralts Sieber ex Spreng. Syst. 3: 497. 1826. 
Low slender annual 3-20 cm. high, diffusely peonching from the base, sparsely ie through- 
out. Leaves w ah 4 a petiolar base, pinnately or bipinnately dissected into linear or lanceolate, acute 
divisions 2-4 cm. long; heads te minal on the < hance pale yellow, on peduncles "23 ¢ m. long; 
vn pace places and about Se widespread oat iin i Se righ At and Cali- 
fornia; also eect from Utah and Maine. Introduced from Australia com —March. 
