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GAZANIA pavonia. 



Hazel-ringed Gazania. 



SYxVGEXESIA POLYGAMIC FRUSTRAXEA. 



GAZANIA* (Flores radiati.) Reccpt. epaleatum (nudum ; v. alve- 

 platum germiuibus exsertis). SenUna villosissinui. Pappus piloso- 

 paleaceus. Cat. monophyllus : tubo foliolis imbricatif tecto v. oudo. 

 Brown in Hurt. Hew. ed. 2. 5. 140. 



Herbas perennes; rhizoma brevitlr candescent, procumbent. Folia 



Integra v. pinnatijida. Floret solitarii : duplici nisu se claudcntes; ubi 

 enim connivet radius, ib\ ligula singula sese arete involvit a late rib us 

 suis seorslm* iterant divergent e radio sese explicatura. 



G. pavonia, foliis pinnatifidis supr<\ pilosis subtus tonicntosis : laciniis 

 ovali lanceolatis, scapo unitioro, caule decunibeiite. Brozan, ubi 

 supra. 



Gorteria pavonia. Andrezcss reposit. 523. 



Rhizoma division, fuscum, s&pius pluriceps. Folia plurima, rigida, fas* 

 ciculato-approximata, petiolato-lyrata, pinnatijida, supra Sf in nervis undique 

 hispida, subtus ccuidicantia, lobis mucronato-acutis integer rimis, sensim in- 



Jerne versus decrescentibus in meros viucrones ; petiolus basi dilatatus con* 

 voluto-amplexicaidis. Pedunculus seaposus, uniflorus, e ccntro Jbliorum 

 ■quibus attior, sccpiusfoliolo uno ant altero lineari vagd stipatus, subpubescens. 

 Cal. nudus, cupulatus, viridis, nigro m armor at us, subarachnoideus, setulis 

 albis tubcrcido nigro insitis scabratus, supra imbricalo-multifidus lacinulis 

 trectis, ovatls, exciso-attenuatis, obtusis, muticis, glabris, Icete virentibus 

 pcripk&ria nigra. Radius numerosus, simplex, uncias 4 maghvc transversus, 

 aureus circzdo ad basin hit us ferruginen <Sp figuris albis jfulvisque notato, exttis 

 carulescente : flosc. neutri tubo complanato solido ; ligula spathulato-lanceo- 

 lata, apice lerissime indentata, dorso carinato-biplicata. Discus numerosus, 

 ustulato-fulvescens, altitudine calycis, hermaphroditus, fcrtilis : flosc. cum 

 barba longa sericea ascendentc germinum intermixti, tereti-tubufosi, 5-lineati, 

 glabri, 5-fidi lacinulis subulatis itifernc conniventibus superue stellatis. Anth. 

 rutea, inclusa, acute 5-dentata. Stylus ubi cingitar anther a violaceus, infrZl 

 albidus : stig. parum crassius, clavato-elo?igatum, lutescens, totum exsertum, 

 superne in duo replicata sccedens, basi annntato-protuberans : germ, elongato- 

 ohconicum, alreolo suo triplo altius, tectum pilis densis tenuissimis S( mollissi- 

 mis, jlosculo parum brevioribus : pappus his triplo brevior, palcaceo-pilosus, 

 multiplex in scrie singulars Rcctpt. convexum breviter alveolato-pilosum. 



The genus was founded under its present name by Gcert- 

 Her, by detaching from Gorteria its well-known rigens ; 

 and has been since judiciously adopted by Mr. Brown, in 

 the late edition of the Ilortus Keuensis, where two other 

 species have been added, of which the. present is one. In 



GouTLuiA the pappus, or sccd-crown, is a mere ciliate edge, 



