Gerbera. | LXXIII. COMPOSITH (OLIVER AND HIERN). 445 
106. GERBERA, Gronov. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 497. 
Capitula heterogamous radiate; ray-florets usually 2. Involucre 
turbinate or broadly campanulate, bracts pauciseriate, imbricate, linear 
or linear-lanceolate, not rigid. Receptacle naked. Ray-florets ligulate, 
with an inner short 2-partite lip; disk-florets 2-labiate. Anther-base 
tailed. Style-branches linear or oblong rather obtuse. Achenes some- 
what compressed, more or less beaked in our species, with 5 or more 
longitudinal ribs ; pappus setaceous, sete barbellate or smooth, 1- or 
pauciseriate.—Acaulescent herbs with oval radical leaves and 1-headed 
scapes. 
The species are chiefly South African. 
Ray-florets much exceeding the involucre. Leaves obtuse at 
base... . ee ee ee LG, abyssinica. 
Ray-florets nearly as short as the involucre. Leaves attenuate ; 
atbase . . . kw kk ke ee ee eee 2 G. piloselloides. 
l. @. abyssinica, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. i. n. 193. 
Rootstock thick, cottony above. Leaves oval, rounded or mucronate 
at the apex, obtuse or excavated at the base, sinuous-denticulate, gla- 
Tescent above, pubescent below with short curly hairs, membranous, 
1-4 by 3-14 in. besides petiole ranging up to 2 in. long. Scapes 
Solitary or 2-8, ranging to 15 in., naked, more or less shaggy. Capitula 
lin. long, erect. Involucral bracts narrowly lanceolate, acute, more 
or less shaggy, not exceeding 4 in. long. Ligules much exceeding the 
involucre. Achenes somewhat hairy, tapering at apex. Pappus sub- 
rufous.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 458. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Q. Dillon! 
Abyssinian name, Kuetzli-ena-Dekala. 
2. G. piloselloides, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. xviii. p. 461. Root 
Stock thick, silky-tomentose. Leaves oval, rounded at the apex, 
attenuate at base into a petiole ranging up to 1} in. long or more, . 
quite entire or repand-denticulate, glabrate or sparsely pilose above, 
Softly pilose beneath, submembranous, 14-6 in. or more including the 
Petiole. Scapes solitary or 2-4, ranging up to a foot or 15 in. high, 
Pilose-tomentose or at length subglabrate, more or less thickened 
towards the apex, nude or occasionally bearing a linear seale near the 
middle, Capitula 3-1 in. long, erect. Involucral bracts linear, taper- 
ng Upwards, tawny-shagey, acute, some nearly equalling the uniseriate 
,2Y-flowers. Ligules purple outside, white inside. Ripe achenes long- 
aay papillose. Pappus subrufous.—DC. Prodr. vii. p. 16; math 
17e ap. i. p. 522; Arnica piloselloides, Linn. PI. Afr. Rar. n. ¢ 
{1760) G. ovalifolia, DC. l.c. p. 17; G. Schimperi, Schultz Bip. in 
rb. Schimp. Abyss. i. n. 185; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 458. 
sue Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Q. Dillon, Petit. 
faeae Central? South African Gold Field, Baznes y Scrat 
Ocen etm: Distr. Usagara Hills, Speke and Grant! (a poor sp nen 
curs also widely spread in the Cape Flora, Madagascar and temperate india, 
