Plate 36. 
LEUCEEIA GOSSYPINA. 
Family, Composite : — Petals united. Corolla bearing the stamens. 
Anthers united in a ring round the style. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit 
1-seeded. 
Genus, Leuceria : — Annual or perennial herbs, more or less covered 
with white, woolly hairs. Leaves springing from root or stem, often 
indented or dissected. Head radiate, medium-sized, or small, on 
a long stalk or solitary on a simple stem, homogamous, hermaphro- 
dite flower always fertile. Corolla 2-lipped, one lip 3-toothed. 
Involucral bracts broad, pointed, in a few series, overlapping, 
herbaceous. Anthers long-tailed. Style branches with truncated 
apices. Fruit hairy. Pappus hairs in 1 series, barbed. 
Leuceria gossypina, Hooh. et Am. Leuceria suaveolens, 
(d'Urv.) Hook et Am. ("Vanilla Daisy.") Plant 6-12 in. 
Mgli, woolly. Stem simple, leafy, 1 -flowered, hairy. Leaves, 
those springing from the root have long stalks, are 3-4 in. long 
and deeply indented, the segments having rounded apices. 
The cauline leaves are entire, narrow, and about 1 in. long. 
Head terminal about 2 in. in diameter, white, tinged with yellow, 
scent resembling that of vanilla. Involucral bracts nearly as 
long as the flowers, narrow. Styles pale lilac. 
Sheltered localities in heath. Not uncommon. 
Flowers December and January. 
East and West Falklands. Endemic. 
Description of plate :— 1, plant ; 2, ray floret ; 3, floret opened ; 4 and 
5, stamens ; 6, stigma ; 7, fruit. AH except 1 enlarged. 
