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GERBERIA crenata. 
Purple Cape Gerberia. 
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SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
Nat. ord. Composirx.—Mutisiex, Cassini. 
GERBERIA, Cass.—Gerbera, Linn. Flores radiati; disco multi- 
foro, labiato, androgyno; radio uniseriato, biligulato, femineo. JInvoluerum 
disco altius, squamis imbricatis, lanceolatis, acutis, coriaceis. Receptaculum 
planum inappendiculatum. ^ Ovaria cylindracea, papillis membranaceis 
hirsuta, margine apicis dilatato horizontali; pappo longo, è squamulis mul- 
tiseriatis, numerosis, subinzequalibus, rectis, filiformibus, crassiusculis, bar- 
bulatis. — Floseuli radii labio exteriore longissimo, lineari, crassiusculo, 
apice tridentato: interiore multò breviore et angustiore, ad basin bipartito, 
laciniis linearibus membranaceis cirrhiformibus. Flosculi disci labio exteriore 
apice tridentato szpe revoluto; interiore angustiore ad basin bipartito, laci- 
niis linearibus szpius revolutis. Stamina disci filamentis luteis crassis gla- 
bris; articulis antheriferis longis teretibus; appendicibus apicis longissimis 
linearibus intertextis, baseos longissimis subulatis membranaceis. Stamina 
radii incompleta, cuique flori quinque, semiabortiva, omnino libera, et ef- 
feta. Styli Mutisiearum. Cassini in dict. des sc. nat. 18. 460, terminis 
pauló mutatis. 
G. erenata, foliis obovatis crenatis glabris, scapo unifloro. 
A. crenata. Thunb. prodr. 154. Willd. sp. 3. 211. Pers. syn, 2. 454. 
Lodd. bot. cab. t. 901. 
Herba perennis, acaulis, spithamea. Folia radicalia, cespitosa, obova- 
ta, petiolata, dense imbricata, carnosa, distanter obtuse dentata, glaberrima, 
vel ad margines rarò ciliata, venis nullis prominentibus, sed superficie obso- 
teto fraolatá; suprà lete viridia subtus pallidiora. Scapus 3-4 uncialis 
pilosiusculus, simplicissimus, foliolis paucis, (2-3), linearibus squamosus. 
Flores speciosi, solitarii, verticales, disco luteo, radio purpureo. 
This is a small, perennial, evergreen, herbaceous plant, 
3 or 4 inches high. "The leaves are placed about the bottom 
of the scape, and are imbricated in every direction; they 
are obovate, on long stalks, fleshy, very smooth, or at the 
margin slightly hairy, distantly and obtusely toothed, with- 
out any prominent veins, but with many obsolete impres- 
Sions upon their surface; they are bright green above and 
pale beneath. The Scape is 3 or 4 inches high, a little 
hairy, and quite simple; with a few (2-3) little linear leaves. 
The Flowers are solitary, showy, vertical, with a yellow 
disk, and a bright lilac ray. 
A pretty Cape herbaceous plant, our figure of which 
was made in Mr. Colvill's Nursery. It is perennial, and 
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