stigmatic arms above the anthers for the purpose of fer- 
tilization by the pollen from other flowers, which being 
effected, the arms are withdrawn to their former position. 
This latter fact was, I believe, first made known by 
Lindley in a note under his description of A. awreola (Bot. 
Reg. t. 82). The singular, dark, finger-like marks at the 
bases of the ligules are not peculiar to the species here 
ficured. 
A. Gumbletoni is a native of Namaqualand, whence 
seeds of it were sent to Mr. Gumbleton by Mr. Ayres. 
It is a very free grower, and keeps flowering for months 
in a cool house. 
Descr.—Stem very short, clothed, as are the leaves and 
peduncles, with a thin, white, densely-matted tomentum. 
Leaves basal, six to twelve inches long by one to one anda 
half broad, long-petioled, pinnatifid or pinnatisect ; lobes 
oblong, tips rounded, quite entire or obscurely crenate, 
sinus rounded; lower lobes small, distant, and often 
decurrent ; terminal broader, ovate lobed or lobulate. 
Peduncle eight inches to a foot high, stout, striate. Head 
three inches in diameter. Jnvolucre hemispheric, two- 
thirds of an inch in diameter; outer bracts green, coria- 
ceous, broadly ovate, cuspidate or tips setaceous, closely 
appressed, tips hairy; intermediate longer, acute or 
obtuse, herbaceous, with scarious tips and margins ; inner 
twice as long, base green, terminating in a broad, scarious 
wing, rounded at the tip. Ray-flowers deep orange-red, 
tube very short ; ligule with finger-like red-brown marks 
at the base. Achenes short, hairy; outer pappus scales 
short, lacerate, inner much longer, oblong.—J. D. H. 
Fig. I, outer bract of involucre ; 2, ray-flower with part of ligule removed ; 
3, base of inner ray-flower with imperfect stamens; 4, disk-flower; 5, top of 
corolla-lobe of disk-flower; 6, stamens; 7, tip of style of disk-flowers with 
the style-arms appressed :—al/ enlarged. 
