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ARCTOTIS acaulis. 
Dwarf Arctotis. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA NECESSARIA. 
Nat. ord. CoRYMBFERIR. Jussieu gen. 177. : 
iv. VII. Receptaculum palesceum. Semen pappoeunr, peppo 
plumoso aut piloso aut aristato (v. paleaceo). Flores ebpiler radiati. : 
ARCTOTIS. Supra vol. 1. fol. 39. 
A. acaulis, pedunculis radicalibus foliis lyratis, Linn. sp. pl. 2. 1906. : 
Arctotis acaulis, Hort. Kew. 3. 274. ed. 9. 5. 169. ehret. 53. f. 
$58). Willd. sp. pl. 3. 2348; (excluso Jacq. hort. schanb. 2. 16. t. 
158). i ` 
Anemonospermos Africana foliis plantaginis flore sulphureo. Comm. 
rar, 35. t. 35. ` 
(8) foliis longè lyratis acutè dentatis. 
Arctotis speciosa. Jacq. hort. Schanb. 2. 18. t. 161. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 
` 2350; (exclusa A. grandiflora. Hort. Kew.). : M 
A. acaulis. Mill. dict. 8. n. 6; (ex specimine archetypo in Herb. 
Banks. ). 
Radix rhizoma descendens perenne. Folia plurinia, radicalia, ambientia, 
erecto-recumbentia, lyrata, 4-6-uncialia, crassiuscula, remotins mucronato- wel 
subspinuloso- denticulata, supra densê et ins villosa virentiague, infra to» 
mentoso-candicantia et varicoso-nervosa, lobis lateralibus oblongis je 
p terminali magno ovato dn Mn o unculi 
res, radicales, es [E Sore lores, uniffori, teretes, 
Fobusti, striati, fistulosi, Wille ia. atn ih interpersis hit modo 
bracteà lineari, rard et folio in axilid gerente pedu: m alterum, stipati. 
Flores plus quàm duas uncias transversi, radio infüs lutescentes cum basi atro- 
purpureá, extús punicantes, disco nigricantes, revoluto-emarcescentes. Calycis 
squama exteriores arachnoideo-lanata, fuscescentes, subulato-appendiculate, 
Partim refleza: partim. appresse, interiores erecta, glabra, lamin’ obovatd 
scariosá margine sphacelato-punicante. Catera fermé ac in ARCTOTIDE au- 
ma NN superioris 82, sed pappum habet paleaceum in simplici serie, nec du» 
ici ac in ed. ` 
A dwarf perennial species from the Cape of Good Hope; 
cultivated in our collections before 1759. The bloom is 
produced in succession from April to June, or longer; and 
Tequires a warm sunshiny situation to expand in perfection. 
Leaves several, sometimes many, radical, ambient, inner 
upright, outer recumbent, 4-6 inches long, lyrate, thick- 
ened, surrounded by loosely set small mucronate teeth, 
green above and thickly covered by a rough longish pile, 
which feels like plush, beneath tomentose white and vari- 
