Tas. 7796. 
ARCTOTIS GumsBreront. 
Native of Namaqualand, 
Nat. Ord. Comrosit2.—Tribe ARCTOTIDER. 
Genus Arctotis, Linn.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 458.) 
Axctotis (Euarctotis) Gumbletoni; tota capitulis exceptis tenuiter albo- 
lanata, caule brevi folioso, foliis 8-12-pollicaribus erectis petiolatis 
angustis pinnatifidis v. pinnatisectis lobis ad 1 poll. longis oblongis apice 
rotundatis integris terminali latiore crenato v. lobulato, pedunculo 
robusto nudo cavo, involucri hemispherici bracteis herbaceis rigidis 
extimis brevibus deltoideis in acumen setaceum pubescentem angustatis 
intermediis apice ala brevi scariosa rotundata terminatis intimis longe 
alatis, receptaculo lato plano setifero, fl. radii tubo brevi glabro, ligula 
pollicari saturate rubro-aurantiaca basin versus maculis linearibus dis- 
tinctis v. confluentibus rubro-brunneis ornata, fl. disci tubo pilis paucis 
articulatis instructo, loborum apicibus incrassatis trigonis violaceis 
demum atris, acheniis (immaturis) radii discique extimis uno latere 
lanatis et basi pilis sericeis longe barbatis, pappi paleis 3-seriatis extimis, 
brevibus laceris, intimis oblongis hyalinis. 
I have in vain endeavoured to identify this beautiful 
plant with any of the numerous species of Arctotis, whether 
described in published works, or preserved in the Her- 
barium of the Royal Gardens, Kew, but the descriptions 
are so imperfect, and the herbarium specimens, in many 
cases, so unsatisfactory, that it is not without hesitation 
that I describe it as new to science. About thirty species 
of the genus are described in Harvey & Sonder’s “ Flora 
Capensis,” but as I find characters which have been over- 
looked by authors, I feel convinced that the whole genus 
needs a searching analysis. In the meantime I have the 
pleasure of naming this beautiful plant after my friend, 
W. Gumbleton, Esq., of Belgrove, Queenstown, Ireland, 
who raised and flowered it, and to whom horticulture in 
general and the Botanical Magazine in particular are in- 
debted for procuring and liberally distributing mauy new, 
rare, and interesting plants. 
There are two characters of the disk-flowers in Arctotis 
which deserve notice; one is the curious, almost purple- 
black, thickened, pendulous tips of the corolla-lobes; the 
other the irritability of the style, which protrudes the 
SEPTEMBER Ist, 1901. 
