582 COMPOSITAE 
160. GLYPTOPLEURA D. C. Eaton, Bot. King Expl. 207. pl. 20, figs. 11-18. 
1871 
Low, tufted or matted, glabrous and somewhat fleshy, winter annuals with a deep tap- 
root. Leaves with a broad midrib, pinnatifid, the margins white-crustaceous and prickl 
toothed, often equaling or surpassing the flowers. Involucres cylindric, the phyllaries 7-12, 
by cross ridges; apex of achenes constricted into a short cupped beak. Pappus bristles 
i i i fer- 
A genus of 2 known species of the arid d t regi f th th t United States. Type species, Glypto- 
pleura marginata D. C. Eat 
Ligules little exserted; margins of the calyculate bractlets lacerate-toothed at the apex, lacerate-fringed belo 
. Gm een inata. 
Ligules much surpassing the phyllaries; margins of calyculate bractlets lacerate-fringed at the dilated a entire 
or nearly so below. . G. setulos 
1. Glyptopleura marginata D. C. Eaton. — seed. Fig. 6007. 
Glyptopl ginata D. C. Eaton, Bot. King Expl. 207. pi. 20, figs. 11-18. 1871 
Glabrous, fleshy, densely flowered annual, much br rae ad and forming er ce ss 5-15 
cm. in diameter. Leaves 14 cm. long, pinnatifid, oblanceolate to obovate, narrowed to broad flat- 
tened see the lobes pee shed white-margined and pectinate ts toothed ; favolers iekalhy =. 
dric, on short peduncles and usually not surpassing t pad he ves; inner phyilla aries linear and a 
nate, 9-12 ong, roa “te eekvaicnts rgined; calyculate bractlets loosely ste rb 
spatu ulate and pectina e at apex, the apex with broad petite bees - gee er — t deeply lacerate- 
fringed; ligules aay little exserted, white turning pin achen mm. ong ; pappus 
very soft and fine, longer than the achene, the inne F beistieg. Scgtly ‘artited z the bas 
Dry sandy washes rd 
east of the Sierra copa to oo Mojave feast California, and east through Nevada. Type tocality' Sandy 
—— plain in Truckee Pass of the Virginia Moun ntains, in a cafion of the Trinity Mountains, and in Uni 
le Valley, Nevada.” April-— & i 
2. Glyptopleura setuldsa A. Gray. Large-flowered Carved-seed or Keyesia. 
hep ej 
Glyptopleura setulosa A. Gra r. Acad. 9: 
Glyptopleura marginata var. pelea Baa Man. FI. ej eas 1008. 1925. 
Low, depressed, densely flowered annual closely resembling the ape ing species in general 
habit. ty hae es "Tike thos e of ‘the prece edink speci, the white-crustaceous margin usually narrower ; 
ai Sopabeee =o al ate, scarious-margined; calyculate hsgaige wit the white margins at 
x pectinately discested into slender teeth as long as the widt e green, Stine, a tip; 
ligules ay at ted, 1 mm. long, twice as long as t aos invouere, cream-colored or yellowish, 
aging pink; achenes and pappus similar to prec senditie spec 
andy oa flats, Lower Sonoran poe western and northern 2s Desert in southern Kern County and 
in Inyo County, California, eastward to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah. Type locality: near 
St. George, Utah. April-J 
161. CALYCOSERIS A. Gray, Smiths. Contr. 5°: 104. pl. 14. 1853. 
Annuals branching from the base, glabrous and glaucescent below, glandular with tack- 
shaped glands above. Leaves pinnately parted into linear divisions. Ligules showy, in 
rather ee heads terminating the branches. Phyllaries linear, scarious-margined, much 
narrowed above into a short beak tipped by a shallow denticulate crown. Pappus-bristles 
white and copious, all united at base and falling away in a ring. [Name from Greek mean- 
ing cup, alluding to the shallow cup at the summit of the achene, and serts, chicory. 
A genus of 2 species, inhabiting southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. Type species, Calycoser is 
wright A. Gray. 
Lanes 5 “en, purplish-veined; ribs of achenes more or less tuberculate; tack-shaped glands pale bags ish pol or agi 
ceaa mene ; ribs of achenes smooth; tack-shaped glands blackish-purple-tipped. 2. C. parryt. 
1. Calycoseris wrightii A. Gray. White Tack-stem. Fig. 6009. 
Calycoseris wrightit A. Gray, Smiths. Contr. oy a. pl. 14. 1853. 
Calycoseris wrightti var. californica Brandg. 155;..19 
Stems several from the base or cay nears erect or ascending, simple or usually branching, 
