Gossypianthus brittonii Standl.

Gossypianthus brittonii Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb
18: 92. 1916.
Caudex much branched both above and below the surface of the soil, the branches stout or slender; stems numerous, prostrate, 4-9 cm. long, slender, lanate when young but soon
4. G. lanuginosus. glabrate; basal leaves petiolate, the blades oblanceolate, 6-8 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide, obtuse or acutish, pilose above, pilose-sericeous beneath; cauline leaves short-petiolate, the blades orbicular to oval, 2-4 mm. long, obtuse or rounded at the apex, glabrate above, pilose beneath; flowers capitate, the heads much longer than the subtending leaves ; bracts ovate to orbicularovate, nearly equaling the sepals, obtuse or rounded at the apex, white, scarious, glabrous; sepals 2.5-3 mm. long, lanceoblong, acute, faintly 3-nerved, green along the nerves, the margins white and scarious; filaments linear, dilated at the base; utricle oval; seed oval, 1.2 mm. long, brown, shining.
Type locality: In a pine barren, Santa Clara, Cuba. Distribution: Cuba,