Tas. 8162. 
ARCTOTIS DECURRENS. 
South Africa, 
ComposiTaAE. Tribe ARCTOTIDEAR. 
Arototis, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 458. 
Arctotis decurrens, Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. vol. ii. p. 20, t. 165; Act. Hort. Kew, 
1813, vol. v. p. 172; Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. vol. iii. pp. 452, 457; Gard. 
Chron, 1901, vol. xxix. p. 214; species ex affinitate 4. angustifoliae, Linn., 
= Pd bracteis involucratis glabris vel ciliatis et ligulis superne albis 
i ert. ® 
Herba pilosa, 60-90 cm. alta. Folia inferiora’ lyrata, parce pilosa, sub- 
amplexicaulia, 30-40 em. longa, 5-7 cm. lata; lobi integri, terminales 
obtusi, marginibus venisque subtus arachnoideo-tomentosis; superiora 
sessilia, plus minusve integra, lanceolata, acuta, parce pilosa. Capitula 
solitaria, 8 cm. diametro. Bracteae involucri herbaceae, adpressae; 
exteriores oblongae, in caudam longam villosam attenuatae; interiores 
obtusae, glabrae vel ciliatae. Flores radii supra albi, basim versus 
atropurpureo-maculati, subtus purpureo-rubri. Flores disci 5-dentati; 
dentes atropurpurei; tubus luteus. Achaenia (immatura tantum visa) 
oblonga, basi acuta et pilis longis sericeis densissime instructa. Paleae 
pappi oblongae, obtusae, undulatae, hyalino-purpurascentes, 
We are indebted for specimens of this fine species of 
Arctotis to Mr. W. E. Gumbleton, of Belgrove, Queenstown, 
Ireland, who also furnished the specimens of Aretotis 
Gumbletoni, figured in t. 7796. Writing in the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle in 1901, Mr. Gumbleton states that from a 
packet of seeds sent him from Namaqualand, he only 
succeeded in getting one to germinate. This plant, how- 
ever, has flourished, and has bloomed for the sixth time 
this year. In a recent letter, Mr. Gumbleton states that 
though the plant blooms freely, it has not yet produced 
mature seeds. He has tried by using its pollen, which it 
has produced abundantly, to fertilise A. aspera, so far without 
success. 
Arctotis decurrens was originally introduced into this 
country from the Cape, in 1794, and is mentioned by Aiton 
in the Hortus Kewensis as being in cultivation at Kew in 
1813. Itis to be hoped that Mr. Gumbleton will shortly 
be successful in obtaining mature seeds, as a species so 
NovemsEr, 1907. 
