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in the 6th edition of MILuer’s Gard. DiZ. 
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GorTERIA Ricens.. Ricip-LEaveED | 
: GORTERIA. | 
SEMESTER TEE EE EE TEE 
~ Clafs aud Order. 
SYNGENESIA PoLyGAMIA. FausrRanxa, 
Generic Charaéer. 
Receptaculum nudum. Pappus \anatus. Corolle radii ligulate. — 
Calyx imbricatus, fquamis {pinofis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
GORTERIA rigens foliis lanceolatis pinnatifidis, caule de- — 
: preffo, fcapis unifloris. Linn. Sy/t. Vegetab. ed. 
14. Murr. 783. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 1284, | 
ARCTOTIS ramis decumbentibus, foliis lineari-lanceolatis . 
7 rigidis, fubtus argenteis. Muli. Di. et. Icom 
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ft. AQ. 
ARCTOTHECA foliis rigidis leniter diffeGis, Vail. af. — 
= 1728. 7. 9. : 
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The Gorrertra, of which there are feveral fpecies, and — 
moft of them, like the prefent, natives of the Cape, has been © 
named in honour of Davip pe Gorter, author of the — 
Flora Zutpbanica and Ingrica; the trivial name of rigews 18 — 
given to this fpecies from the rigidity of its leaves, a term — 
which it is fometimes apt to exchange for the more common — 
botanic name of ringens ; an inftance of fuch miftake occurs — 
The green-houfe, to which it properly belongs, can fearcely 
boaft a more fhewy plant; its bloffoms, when expanded by 
the heat of the fun, and it is only when the fun fhines 09 — 
them that they are fully expanded, exhibit an unrivalled 
_brilliancy of appearance. 
It flowers in June, but rarely brings its feeds to perfeétion 
' in this country, which is of the lefs confequence, as the plant _ 
is readily enough increafed by cuttings. oe 
_ It requires the common treatment of a green-houfe plant. _ 
