Mexican Brassbuttons

Lancisia minuta (I., f.) Rydberg
Hippia minuta L. f. Suppl. 389. 1781.
Soliva pygmaea H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 4: 303. 1820.
GymnostyUs minuta Spreng. Svst. 3; 500. 1826.
Soliva minuta Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2. 317. 1830.
Soliva mexicana DC. Prodr. 6: 143. 1837.
Gymnostyles peduncidata Moc: DC. Prodr. 6: 143, as synonym. 1837,
Soliva pedunculata R. & P.; Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 2: 609. 1841.
Co(u/a fvgmaea Benth. & Hook.; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 2: 230. 1881. Not Cotula pygmaea
Poir. 1812. Cotula minuta Schinz, Mem. See. Neuchat. Sci, Nat. 5: 429. 1913.
A low procumbent herb, probably perennial; stem 1 dm. long or less, glabrous; leaves piimatifid or bipirmatifid, with oblong or oblanceolate divisions; peduncles axillary, 1-3 cm. long; involucre 3 mm. broad; bracts 7-10, elliptic, obtuse; marginal flowers 7-10, short-pedicelled; disk-flowers 4-6; marginal achenes cuneate-obovate, emarginate at the apex, 1.5 mm. long, glabrous; mature disk-achenes not seen.
Type Loc.^Liri-: Central America. Distribution: Mexico to Bolivia.