Pectis cubensis (A. Rich.) Griseb.

Pectis cubensis (A. Rich.) Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 156. 1866
Lorentea prostraia T/ag. Gen. & Sp. Nov. 28. 1816. Not Pedis proslrata Cav. 1797. Lorenlea hiimifusa Less. Linnaea 6: 719, in part. 1831. Lorentea cubensis A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cuba 11: 36. 1850.
A diffuse annual, much branched; stem prostrate, but not rooting, pilose along two decurrent lines, 1-2 dm. long; leaves oblong or linear, 6-20 mm. long, 1-3 mm. wide, rounded and muticous, or obtuse and mucronate or aristate at the apex, with 2-4 bristles near the base; glands scattered; heads in leafy cymes; peduncles 2-13 mm. long; involucre campanulate, 4.5-6 mm. high, 2-4 mm. broad; bracts 5, oblong or obovate-oblong, mostly obtuse or rounded at the apex, carinate at the base, with scattered linear glands; ray-flowers 5; ligules yellow, oblong, 3-4 mm. long; disk-flowers 3-12; corollas 3-3.5 mm. long; achenes 3-3.5 mm. long, short-pilose on the angles or glabrate; squamellae S-38, unequal, the longest 3.5 mm. long, bristle-like and scabrous above, more or less dilated at the base.
Type locality: Cuba. Distribution: Cuba.