Tas. 7087. 
GERBERA Janzsonr. 
Native of the Transvaal. 
Nat. Ord. Composirz.—Tribe Mutistacez. 
- Genus Gerbera, Gronov.; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Pl. vel. ii. p- 497.) 
GERBERA Jamesoni; niveo-tomentosa, foliis longe petiolatis ambiter obovatis 
runcinato-pinnatifidis, lobo terminali late ovato subacuto marginibus 
undulatis et grosse irregulariter angulato-lobulatis, lateralibus cuneato- 
obovatis sinubus rotundatis; scapo nudo valido foliis longiore, capitulo 
amplo, involucri campanulati lanati bracteis lanceolatis appressis 
acuminatis, floribus radii 20-30 uniseriatis, ligulis elongatis angustis 
apice 3-denticulatis, floribus disci ligulis brevissimis recurvis, acheniis 
erostratis teretiusculis puberulis, pappi setis scabrellis. 
C. Jamesoni, Bolus mss.—Gard. Chron. 1889, i. 772, fig. 122. 
A very handsome plant, which, if it will resist the 
untimely frosts of our uncertain climate, will prove a great 
addition to the herbaceous garden. It belongs to a genus 
of about twenty species, of which I believe none have been 
in cultivation till now ; though most of them inhabit South 
Africa, but a few are natives of North India and of 
Central and Hastern Asia. The present species was dis- 
covered in the Transvaal by the collector Rehman, about 
1878, and subsequently by Mr. Jameson in the gold-field 
districts of Barbertown. It has also been collected by 
Mr. Wood, of the Natal Botanical Gardens, and by W. 
Nelson, on the Latrobe river. Its habit is bold, the 
petioles being erect, and the leaf-blade spreading, whilst 
the stout scape bearing a very large head with brilliantly 
coloured rays rises far above the crown foliage. The 
name Jamesoni is proposed for this beautiful species by 
Mr. Bolus, F.L.S., who has sent to Kew excellent speci- 
mens collected by himself. The colour of the rays must 
be much brighter in its native country than here, for that 
gentleman describes them as flame-coloured. The specimen 
here figured was sent by Mr. Wood, of the Natal Botanical 
Gardens, in 1888, and flowered in spring of the present — 
” year. : 
_ Novemser Ist, 1889. 
